Cerithium echinatum
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| Cerithium echinatum | |
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| Five views of a shell of Cerithium echinatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Cerithiidae |
| Genus: | Cerithium |
| Species: | C. echinatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerithium echinatum Lamarck, 1822 | |
Cerithium echinatum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]
This snail's shell has a short siphonal canal. The shell has spiral rows of bumps as well as reddish-brown dashes. It has been found at 53mm in size.[2]
