''Bacteridium bermudense'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of sea snail, a

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gastropod

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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 ''Bacteridium'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2010). ''Bacteridium''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ ...

genus of gastropods, with the exception of the other three related species being

Bacteridium carinatum ''Bacteridium carinatum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae and the genus '' Bacteridium''. Distribution The vast majority of this species is distributed within marine terrain off the west co ...

Bacteridium resticulum ''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 ...

and

Bacteridium vittatum ''Bacteridium vittatum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species belongs to the gastropod genus '' Bacteridium'', along with ''Bacteridium bermudense'', '' ...

.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 speciali ...

at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420471 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 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: () *

Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west (leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC ...

, a Caribbean island immediately due north of Venezuela, and lies east of Aruba. Coordinates: () *

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

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

. Coordinates: () *

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: () *

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coas ...

, 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 p ...

. 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 S ...

, a large marine gulf, lying adjacent to the Caribbean Sea. Coordinates: () *

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 ...

, 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 Life

To World Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1911 {{Pyramidellidae-stub