''Cerithium atratum'' 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.
Distribution
The distribution of ''Cerithium atratum'' includes the Western Atlantic.
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sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.
* Brazil
* Belize
Description
The maximum recorded
shell length is 50 mm.
[Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLOS One'' 5(1): e8776. .]
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 91 m.
References
External links
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Cerithiidae
Gastropods described in 1778