Cerithium lindae

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

Cerithium lindae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium
Species:
C. lindae
Binomial name
Cerithium lindae
Petuch, 1987

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Peanut Island, Palm Beach Inlet of Lake Worth, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA."[2]

Description

Original description: "Shell small for genus, very elongated, with rounded whorls; whorls without varices, circular in cross-section; cylindrical in shape, siphonal canal short, open, barely developed; outer lip flaring, thickened, producing single varix (on adult specimens); aperture round; body whorl sculptured with 9-12 large beaded cords; subsutural beaded cord often largest, separated from other body whorl cords by narrow gap without sculpturing; shell color grayish-white with beads on spiral cords being black; inner edge of lip with evenly-spaced black dots; cords often with one white bead between two black beads, producing a tessellated appearance; interior of aperture white."[3]

The maximum recorded shell length is 11 mm.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[4]

References
  1. Cerithium lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 22. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 23. Publ: CERF
  4. 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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