Cerithium madreporicola

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

Cerithium madreporicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium
Species:
C. madreporicola
Binomial name
Cerithium madreporicola
Jousseaume, 1930
Synonyms[1]

Cerithium madreporicolum

The true Cerithium madreporicola is a fossil species known only from raised Quaternary reefs in the Red Sea. The name has been applied in error to a Recent species from the Philippines and Indonesia, which has later been named as Cerithium kreukelorum.

Description

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium madreporicola includes the Red Sea.

References
  1. Cerithium madreporicola Jousseaume, 1930. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  • Jousseaume F. (1931 ["1930"]) Cerithiidae de la Mer Rouge. Journal de Conchyliologie 74(4): 270–296. [Posthumous work edited by E. Lamy; Published 9 February 1931] page(s): 275


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