Cerithium atratum

Cerithium atratum
	Cerithium atratum shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. atratum
Binomial name
	Cerithium atratum; (Born, 1778)
Synonyms
	List Cerithium (Thericium) preatratum Olsson & Harbison, 1953; Cerithium (Thericium) vicinia Olsson & Harbison, 1953; Cerithium antillarum Mörch, 1876; Cerithium atratum var. tenuis Mörch, 1876; Cerithium caudatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium floridanum Mörch, 1876; Cerithium floridanum leonensis Mansfield, 1930; Cerithium floridanum var. cruzana Usticke, 1959; Cerithium graciliforme G.B. Sowerby II, 1865; Cerithium peratratum; Cerithium striatissimum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium subatratum Kobelt, 1898; Cerithium umbonatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Murex atratus Born, 1778;

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

Description