''Cerithiopsis tubercularis'' is a species of

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in the family

Cerithiopsidae Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World R ...

, It was described by Montagu, in 1803.

Distribution

This species is known from the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the Azores,

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and European waters, including the Mediterranean Sea.

References

* Backeljau, T. (1986). ''Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België

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'' 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 ( * Muller, Y. (2004). ''Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. oastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory'' Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. * Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.'' * Prkic J. & Mariottini P., 2010. ''Description of two new Cerithiopsis from the Croatian coast, with comments on the Cerithiopsis tubercularis complex (Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae)''. Aldrovandia 5: 3-27 tated date: 2009 Montagu, 1803 and description of one new genus and two new species of the Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea).'' Bollettino Malacologico 46: 45-64. tubercularis Gastropods described in 1803">Cerithiopsis">tubercularis Gastropods described in 1803 Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea Molluscs of the Azores Gastropods of Cape Verde Invertebrates of the North Sea Taxa named by George Montagu (naturalist) {{Cerithiopsidae-stub