Gourmya gourmyi

Gourmya gourmyi, common name the gourmya cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Gourmya gourmyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Cerithiidae
Genus:
Gourmya
Species:
G. gourmyi
Binomial name
Gourmya gourmyi
(Crosse, 1861)
Synonyms

Cerithium gourmyi Crosse, 1861

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia and the New Hebrides.

References
  1. Gourmya gourmyi (Crosse, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 February 2011.
  • Houbrick R. S. (1981). "Anatomy and systematics of Gourmya gourmyi (Prosobranchia: Cerithiidae), a Tethyan relict from the southwest Pacific". The Nautilus 95(1): 2–11.
  • "Gourmya gourmyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 February 2011.


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