Clypeomorus bifasciata

Clypeomorus bifasciata
A shell of Clypeomorus bifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Clypeomorus
Species: C. bifasciata
Binomial name
Clypeomorus bifasciata
Synonyms[1]

Cerithium (Pithocerithium) morum Lamarck, 1822
Cerithium bifasciatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium concisum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852
Cerithium gemmulatum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852
Cerithium humile Dunker, 1861
Cerithium morum Lamarck, 1822
Cerithium morus Lamarck, 1822
Cerithium nigrofasciatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1865
Cerithium obesulum G.B. Sowerby II, 1865
Cerithium oceanicum Hedley, 1899
Cerithium rubrolineatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium uranus Bayle, 1880
Cerithium vittatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Clypeomorus bifasciatus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
Clypeomorus clypeomorus Jousseaume, 1888
Clypeomorus concisus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852)
Clypeomorus morus (Lamarck, 1822)
Clypeomorus penthusarus Iredale, 1929

Clypeomorus bifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Subspecies

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo Pacific, from the Red Sea to the Samoa Islands; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).

References

  1. 1 2 Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.


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