''Clypeomorus bifasciata'' 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.
;Subspecies:
* ''Clypeomorus bifasciata bifasciata''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
* ''
Clypeomorus bifasciata persica''
Houbrick, 1985
Description
The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo Pacific, from the
Red Sea to the
Samoa Islands; off Australia (
Northern Territory,
Queensland and
Western Australia).
References
* Sowerby, G.B. 1855. ''Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells''. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847–899, pls 176–186.
Houbrick R.S. 1985. ''Genus Clypeomorus Jousseaume (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia)''. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 403: 1-131
External links
*
Clypeomorus
Gastropods described in 1855
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