2011/04/01

Cerithiella amblytera

Cerithiella amblytera

Cerithiella amblytera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiella
Species: C. amblytera
Binomial name
Cerithiella amblytera
(Watson, 1880)

Cerithiella amblytera is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiopsidae. This species is known from European waters. It was described by Watson in 1880.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6.3 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 960 m. Maximum recorded depth is 1234 m.

References






Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerithiella_amblytera

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