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Cerithium punctatum

Cerithium punctatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.

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Length
128 w
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Source
Cerithium punctatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium
Species:
C. punctatum
Binomial name
Cerithium punctatum
Synonyms1

Cerithium (Liocerithium) piperitum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium (Semivertagus) alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852
Cerithium (Semivertagus) piperitum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium (Thericium) alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852
Cerithium alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852
Cerithium piperitum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Lampania piperita (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)

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

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Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium punctatum includes the Western Central Pacific.2

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References

References

  1. Cerithium punctatum Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. Cerithium punctatum. sealifebase.org, Retrieved 9 January 2011.