Clypeomorus pellucida
| Clypeomorus pellucida | |
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| 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) | |
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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
- 1 2 Clypeomorus pellucida (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. 1848. Atlas d’Histoire Naturelle Zoologie, Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l’Oceanie … Mollusques et Zoophytes. Paris plates 9, 11-25.
- Sowerby II, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847-899, pls 176-186.
- Frauenfeld, G.R. von 1867. Mollusken. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 2(3): 1-16
- Martin, K. 1884. Mollusca, Glossophora, Gasteropoda. pp. 43–184 in . Palaeontologische Ergebnisse von Tiefbohrungen auf Java, nebst allgemeineren Studien über das Tertiär von Java, Timor and einiger anderer Inseln. Sammlung des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden, First Series 3(2-3): 43-184, pls1-9
- Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. 1905. Liste des mollusques récoltés par M. le Capitaine de Frégate Blaise au Tonkin et description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 53: 85-234
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