Cerithiopsis pulvis

Cerithiopsis pulvis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species: C. pulvis
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis pulvis
Issel, 1869
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithiopsis pulvis (Issel, 1869)
  • Nanopsis pulvis (Issel, 1869)

Cerithiopsis pulvis is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae, which is known from European waters, including the Mediterranean Sea. It was described by Issel, in 1869.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean; as an alien species in the Mediterranean Sea (off Lebanon)

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithiopsis pulvis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139082 on 2014-12-07


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