Cerithium eburneum

Cerithium eburneum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. eburneum
Binomial name
	Cerithium eburneum; Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]
	Cerithium algicola C.B. Adams, 1845; Cerithium eburneum aliceae Petuch, 1987; Cerithium eburneum f. minor Mörch, 1876; Cerithium fenestratum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium novaehiberniae A. Adams, 1855; Cerithium planispiratum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium pulicarium Philippi, 1848; Thericium lymani Pilsbry, 1949

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

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium eburneum includes the Western Central Atlantic.[2]

The maximum recorded shell length is 43 mm.[3]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m.[3]

Cerithium eburneum Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
Cerithium eburneum. sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.
Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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