Cerithium vulgatum

Cerithium vulgatum
Five views of a shell of Cerithium vulgatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. vulgatum
Binomial name
Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms
Cerithium rupestre Risso, 1826 Fossil of the same species from the Pliocene

Cerithium vulgatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.

Description

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Cerithium vulgatum ssp. europaeum

References

• Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
• Gofas S., Garilli V. & Boisselier-Dubayle M.C. (2004). Nomenclature of the smaller Mediterranean Cerithium species. Bollettino Malacologico 39(5-8): 95-104