Cratidentium beachportense, common name the Beachport top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Cratidentium |
| Species: | C. beachportense
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| Binomial name | |
| Cratidentium beachportense (Cotton & Godfrey, 1934)
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The size of the shell attains 6 mm. This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.
References
edit- ^ "Cratidentium beachportense". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1934. South Australian Shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 12, Trochidae (continued). South Australian Naturalist 15(4): 106-121, pl. 1, figs 1-12
- Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
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