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Cerithium vulgatum

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Species of gastropod

Cerithium vulgatum
Five views of a shell of Cerithium vulgatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium
Species: C. vulgatum
Binomial name
Cerithium vulgatum
Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms

Cerithium rupestre Risso, 1826

Fossil of the same species from the Pliocene

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

Description

Cerithium vulgatum ssp. europaeum

Distribution

This species can be found in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ^ Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 February 2011.
  • Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België . Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Gofas S., Garilli V. & Boisselier-Dubayle M.C. (2004). Nomenclature of the smaller Mediterranean Cerithium species. Bollettino Malacologico 39(5-8): 95–104
Taxon identifiers
Cerithium vulgatum

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