Cerithium matukense
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| Cerithium matukense | |
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| Shell of Cerithium matukense (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Cerithiidae |
| Genus: | Cerithium |
| Species: | C. matukense |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerithium matukense Watson, 1880 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cerithium (Proclava) matukense (Watson, 1880) | |
Cerithium matukense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]
Distribution
This 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]
