Cerithium muscarum

Cerithium muscarum
	Cerithium muscarum shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. muscarum
Binomial name
	Cerithium muscarum; Say, 1832
Synonyms
	Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum Mörch, 1876; Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum var. minor Mörch, 1876; Cerithium callisoma Dall, 1892; Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987; Cerithium muscarum var. protracta Vignal, 1902; Cerithium notatum Menke, 1828; Thericium chara Pilsbry, 1949

50 second video of snails (most likely Natica chemnitzi and Cerithium muscarum) feeding on the sea floor in the Gulf of California, Puerto Peñasco, Mexico

Cerithium muscarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium muscarum includes the Western Central Atlantic.^[2]

North America^[2]
USA^[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 26 mm.^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cerithium muscarum^{[permanent dead link]}. sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

External links

[WoRMS-1] Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

[sealifebase-2] Cerithium muscarum^{[permanent dead link]}. sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.

[Welch_2010-3] Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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