''Bittium philomelae'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large family of medium-sized marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
Distribution
Ceriths are found worldwide on sandy bottoms, reef flats or coral reef rock covered with sand ...
.
Description
The maximum recorded
shell
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* Shell (structure), a thin structure
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** Thin-shell structure
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* Seashell, a hard o ...
length is 3.2 mm.
[Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLOS One'' 5(1): e8776. .]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 183 m.
Maximum recorded depth is 274 m.
References
Cerithiidae
Gastropods described in 1880
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