Cerithium matukense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Cerithium matukense
Shell of Cerithium matukense (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium
Species:
C. matukense
Binomial name
Cerithium matukense
Watson, 1880
Synonyms[1]

Cerithium (Proclava) matukense (Watson, 1880)
Cerithium turritellaeforme Wissema, 1947

Description

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The shell is turreted, slender and elongate, with 15-23 straight-sided whorls with an apical angle of 20 degrees.[2] The shell can reach 70.5 mm length and 18.2 mm width.[2] The snail itself has a short, wide snout with thick cephalic tentacles and tiny black eyes.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean, near the Philippines, Fiji, New Caledonia, Borneo, Guam, and the Kermadecs, and has been found near Hawaii.[2]

Diet

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They are thought to eat algae and detritus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cerithium matukense Watson, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e Houbrick, Richard S. (1992). "Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguiere in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia)". Smithsonian Research Online.
  • Wissema G.G. (1947). Young Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda from the Island of Nias (Malay Archipelago). 212 pp., 6 plates, 1 map. Leiden: Becherer.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press
  • Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. pp. 788–793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.
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