''Bacteridium bermudense'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micr ...
, 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 carinatum,
Bacteridium resticulum and
Bacteridium vittatum.
[WoRMS (2010). ''Bacteridium bermudense'' (Dall & Bartsch, 1911). Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialis ...
at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420471 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.]
Description
The length of the shell measures approximately 2.5
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:
*
Aruba, an island immediately north of the South American country of Venezuela. Coordinates: ()
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Bonaire, a Caribbean island immediately due north of Venezuela, and lies east of Aruba. Coordinates: ()
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Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
, a large sea covering approximately 2,754,000 km
2 (1,063,000 sq. mi.) Coordinates: ()
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Cayman Islands, a small group of islands lying within the Caribbean Sea, southwest of Cuba. Coordinates: ()
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Colombia, a country in northwest,
South America
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. Coordinates: ()
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Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
, a large Caribbean island, due immediately northeast of the Cayman Islands. Coordinates: ()
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Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, with its capital,
Willemstad
Willemstad ( , ; ; en, William Town, italic=yes) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles pr ...
. Coordinates: ()
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Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United ...
, a large marine gulf, lying adjacent to the Caribbean Sea. Coordinates: ()
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Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
, a South American country, one of the northernmost countries of the continent. Coordinates: ()
References
* Aguayo, C. G. and H. A. Rehder. 1936. ''New marine mollusks from Cuba''. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 9: 263-268, pl. 24
External links
To Encyclopedia of LifeTo World Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae
Gastropods described in 1911
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