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Cerithium echinatum

Cerithium echinatum
Cerithium echinatum.shell001.jpg
Two views of a shell of Cerithium echinatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium
Species: C. echinatum
Binomial name
Cerithium echinatum
Lamarck, 1822

Cerithium echinatum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.

This snail's shell has a short siphonal canal. The shell has spiral rows of bumps as well as reddish-brown dashes. It has been found at 53mm in size.

The distribution of Cerithium echinatum includes the Indo-Pacific. It is found off the southern African coast at northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique in 15-30m of water.



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