''Cerithium alutaceum'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Cerithiidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithium alutaceum (Gould, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1027152 on 2020-06-13]
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the China Seas
and in
Queensland,
Australia
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.
References
* Jousseaume F. (1931
1930" Cerithiidae de la Mer Rouge. Journal de Conchyliologie 74(4): 270–296.
* Yokoyama M. (1924). Molluscan remains from the lowest part of the Jo-ban coal-field. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 45(3): 1–22, pls 1–5
* Yokoyama M. (1925). Molluscan remains from the uppermost part of the Joban coalfield. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University, Tōkyō. 45(5): 1-34, pls 1–6.
External links
Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 385-389 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 Tryon G.W., jr. (1887). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. (1)9: Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae, pp. 1-488, pl. 1-71* Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. pp. 788–793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.
Cerithiidae
Gastropods described in 1881
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