Cerithium muscarum

Cerithium muscarum
	Cerithium muscarum shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. muscarum
Binomial name
	Cerithium muscarum; Say, 1832
Synonyms[1]
	Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum Mörch, 1876; Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum var. minor Mörch, 1876; Cerithium callisoma Dall, 1892; Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987; Cerithium muscarum var. protracta Vignal, 1902; Cerithium notatum Menke, 1828; Thericium chara Pilsbry, 1949

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

Distribution

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

The maximum recorded shell length is 26 mm.[3]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m.[3]

Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
Cerithium muscarum. 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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