Cerithium scabridum

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

Cerithium scabridum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium
Species:
C. scabridum
Binomial name
Cerithium scabridum
Philippi, 1848
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithium (Thericium) scabridum Philippi, 1848
  • Cerithium (Thericium) yerburyi E.A. Smith, 1891
  • Cerithium adenense G.B. Sowerby II, 1865
  • Cerithium carnaticum Melvill & Standen, 1898
  • Cerithium levantinum Smith, E.A., 1891
  • Cerithium nigropunctatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
  • Cerithium scabridum adenensis (f) Sowerby, G.B. II, 1865
  • Cerithium scabridum albida Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
  • Cerithium scabridum carnatica (f) Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1898
  • Cerithium scabridum var. djiboutiensis H. Fischer & Vignal in Fischer, 1901
  • Cerithium scabridum var. hispida Pallary, 1938
  • Cerithium scabridum hispidula (f) Pallary, P., 1938
  • Cerithium scabridum yerburyi (f) Smith, E.A., 1891
  • Cerithium yerburyi E.A. Smith, 1891
  • Gourmya (Gladiocerithium) argutum barashi Nordsieck, 1974

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

References
  1. Cerithium scabridum Philippi, 1848. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 February 2011.
  • "Cerithium scabridum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 February 2011.


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