Cerithium atratum

Cerithium atratum
	Cerithium atratum shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. atratum
Binomial name
	Cerithium atratum; (Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
	List Cerithium (Thericium) preatratum Olsson & Harbison, 1953; Cerithium (Thericium) vicinia Olsson & Harbison, 1953; Cerithium antillarum Mörch, 1876; Cerithium atratum var. tenuis Mörch, 1876; Cerithium caudatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium floridanum Mörch, 1876; Cerithium floridanum leonensis Mansfield, 1930; Cerithium floridanum var. cruzana Usticke, 1959; Cerithium graciliforme G.B. Sowerby II, 1865; Cerithium peratratum ; Cerithium striatissimum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium subatratum Kobelt, 1898; Cerithium umbonatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Murex atratus Born, 1778;

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

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium atratum includes the Western Atlantic.[2]

The maximum recorded shell length is 50 mm.[3]

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 91 m.[3]

Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
Cerithium atratum. sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.
Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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