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Cerithiopsis ara

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Cerithiopsis ara is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae, which is known from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It was described by Dall and Bartsch in 1911.[1]

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Cerithiopsis ara
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species:
C. ara
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis ara
Dall & Bartsch, 1911
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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.2 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 24 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 55 m.[2]

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