Cerithium tenellum

Cerithium tenellum

Cerithium tenellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. tenellum
Binomial name
*Cerithium tenellum* G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Synonyms^[1]
Cerithium (Clypeomorus) tenellum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium (Thericium) mysterium Hedley, 1917 Cerithium filosum G.B. Sowerby II, 1865 Cerithium mysterium Hedley, 1917 Cerithium novaehiberniae A. Adams in G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium tenuifilosum G.B. Sowerby II, 1866 Cerithium tomlini Hedley, 1914

Cerithium tenellum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium tenellum includes the Western Central Pacific.^[2]

Philippines^[2]
Indonesia^[2]

Cerithium tenellum, abapertural view

References

1 2 Cerithium tenellum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
1 2 3 Cerithium tenellum. sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.

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