Cerithium matukense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]
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| Shell of Cerithium matukense (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Cerithiidae |
| Genus: | Cerithium |
| Species: | C. matukense
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerithium matukense Watson, 1880
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cerithium (Proclava) matukense (Watson, 1880) | |
Description
editThe 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
editThis 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
editThey are thought to eat algae and detritus.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Cerithium matukense Watson, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ 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.
External links
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- Watson R.B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society (London). 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346
- Houbrick R.S. (1992). Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 510: 1-211