Cerithiopsis pulvis

Cerithiopsis pulvis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Triphoroidea
Family:	Cerithiopsidae
Genus:	Cerithiopsis
Species:	C. pulvis
Binomial name
	Cerithiopsis pulvis; Issel, 1869
Synonyms
	Cerithiopsis pulvis (Issel, 1869); Nanopsis pulvis (Issel, 1869);

Cerithiopsis pulvis is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae, which is known from European waters, including the Mediterranean Sea. It was described by Issel, in 1869.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean; as an alien species in the Mediterranean Sea (off Lebanon)

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