''Cerithidea balteata'' is a

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, a brackish-water

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in the

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Potamididae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758720 on 2016-03-29

Description

The length of the shell attains 28 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in brackish waters in the

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References

External links

Sowerby, G. B., II. (1855). Monograph of the genus Cerithium, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. 2 (16): 847–899, pls 176–186. London, privately published

Reid D.G. (2014) ''The genus Cerithidea Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region''. Zootaxa 3775(1): 1–65
Potamididae Gastropods described in 1855 {{Potamididae-stub