Bacteridium resticulum

Bacteridium resticulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Bacteridium
Species:	B. resticulum
Binomial name
	Bacteridium resticulum; (Dall, 1889) [1]
Synonyms[2]
	Ebala resticula (Dall, 1889); Pyramidella resticula (Dall, 1889); Stylopsis resticula (Dall, 1889); Turbonilla bermudensis auct. non Dall & Bartsch, 1911; Turbonilla octona Guppy, 1896; Turbonilla resticula Dall, 1889;

Bacteridium resticulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species remains within the Bacteridium genus of gastropods, with the exception of the other three related species being Bacteridium bermudense, Bacteridium carinatum and Bacteridium vittatum.[2][3]

Description

The length of the shell measures approximately 3.5 mm, other species within this genus all measure roughly the same measurements.

Distribution

This species occurs in many geographical locations around vast marine terrains throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, these include the following locations:[2]

Caribbean Sea, a large sea covering approximately 2,754,000 km² (1,063,000 sq. mi.) Coordinates: (15°N 75°W)
Cayman Islands, a small group of islands lying within the Caribbean Sea, southwest of Cuba. Coordinates: (19°20′N 81°24′W)
Colombia, a country in northwest, South America. Coordinates: (4°35′N 74°4′W)
Gulf of Mexico, a country in northwest, South America. Coordinates: (4°35′N 74°4′W)
Mexico, a large country, exceeding the geographical limits of the Gulf of Mexico. Coordinates: (19°03′N 99°22′W)

References

Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40
Rosenberg, G. (2011). Bacteridium resticulum (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420472 on 2011-10-26
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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[1] Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40

[WoRMS-2] Rosenberg, G. (2011). Bacteridium resticulum (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420472 on 2011-10-26

[3] Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.