''Bacteridium resticulum'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the

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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 bermudense, Bacteridium carinatum and Bacteridium vittatum.Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Bacteridium resticulum'' (Dall, 1889). Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420472 on 2011-10-26Rosenberg, 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 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: *

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 km² (1,063,000 sq. mi.) Coordinates: () * Cayman Islands, a small group of islands lying within the Caribbean Sea, southwest of

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 ...

. Coordinates: () * Colombia, a country in northwest,

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. Coordinates: () *

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 country in northwest,

. Coordinates: () *

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, a large country, exceeding the geographical limits of the Gulf of Mexico. Coordinates: ()

References

External links

To Encyclopedia of Life

To World Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1889 {{Pyramidellidae-stub