Clypeomorus pellucida

Clypeomorus pellucida, common name the pellucid cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Clypeomorus pellucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Cerithiidae
Genus:
Clypeomorus
Species:
C. pellucida
Binomial name
Clypeomorus pellucida
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithium echinatiformis K. Martin, 1884
  • Cerithium gibberosum Frauenfeld, 1867
  • Cerithium patulum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
  • Cerithium patulum var. depauperata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905
  • Cerithium pellucidum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific from the Nicobar Islands to New Caledonia: off Australia (Queensland).

References
  1. Clypeomorus pellucida (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  • Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. 1848. Atlas d’Histoire Naturelle Zoologie, Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l’Oceanie ... Mollusques et Zoophytes. Paris plates 9, 11–25.
  • Sowerby II, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847–899, pls 176–186.
  • Frauenfeld, G.R. von 1867. Mollusken. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 2(3): 1–16
  • Martin, K. 1884. Mollusca, Glossophora, Gasteropoda. pp. 43–184 in . Palaeontologische Ergebnisse von Tiefbohrungen auf Java, nebst allgemeineren Studien über das Tertiär von Java, Timor and einiger anderer Inseln. Sammlung des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden, First Series 3(2–3): 43–184, pls1-9
  • Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. 1905. Liste des mollusques récoltés par M. le Capitaine de Frégate Blaise au Tonkin et description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 53: 85–234
  • "Clypeomorus pellucida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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