''Cerithium scabridum'' 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.
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the
Red Sea, the
Persian Gulf, the
Arabian Sea and the
Mediterranean Sea.
References
External links
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Cerithiidae
Gastropods described in 1848
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