Cerithideopsis montagnei

Cerithideopsis montagnei
Three shells of Cerithideopsis montagnei (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Cerithideopsis
Species: C. montagnei
Binomial name
Cerithideopsis montagnei
(d’Orbigny, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Cerithidea montagnei (d'Orbigny, 1841)
  • Cerithium montagnei d’Orbigny, 1841 (original combination)

Cerithideopsis montagnei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithideopsis montagnei (d’Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758595 on 2014-03-20
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