Cerithideopsis costata

Species of gastropod

Cerithideopsis costata
Cerithidea costata (costate horn snail) shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Cerithideopsis
Species:
C. costata
Binomial name
Cerithideopsis costata
(da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms
  • Cerithidea costata (da Costa, 1778)
  • Cerithidea costata beattyi Bequaert, 1942
  • Cerithidea hanleyana G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
  • Cerithium ambiguum C.B. Adams, 1845
  • Cerithium lafondii Michaud, 1829
  • Cerithium salmacidum Morelet, 1849
  • Strombiformis costatus da Costa, 1778 (original combination)
  • Strombus turboformis Montagu, 1808

Cerithideopsis costata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 21 mm.[2]

Habitat

The species has been found in water at recorded depths from 0 to 402 m.<[2]

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithideopsis costata (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758590 on 2014-03-20
  2. ^ a b Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Reid D.G. & Claremont M. (2014) The genus Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929 (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region. Zootaxa 3779(1): 61–80
  • Da Costa, Mendes E. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. – Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois., i–xii, 1–254, i–vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson)
  • Michaud A. L. G. (1829). Description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coquilles vivantes. Bulletin d'Histoire Naturelle de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 3: 260–276, 1 pl
  • Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17–30
Taxon identifiers
Cerithidea costata
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