''Cerithium interstriatum'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Cerithiidae.
Distribution
The distribution of ''Cerithium interstriatum'' includes the Western Central Pacific.
[''Cerithium interstriatum''](_blank)
sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.
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Guam
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New Zealand
Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 33 mm.
References
Petit, R. E. (2009). ''George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa''. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
External links
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Cerithiidae
Gastropods described in 1855
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