Clypeomorus pellucida

Clypeomorus pellucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Clypeomorus
Species: C. pellucida
Binomial name
Clypeomorus pellucida
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithium echinatiformis K. Martin, 1884
  • Cerithium gibberosum Frauenfeld, 1867
  • Cerithium patulum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
  • Cerithium patulum var. depauperata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905
  • Cerithium pellucidum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852

Clypeomorus pellucida, common name the pellucid cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific from the Nicobar Islands to New Caledonia: off Australia (Queensland).

References

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