Cerithium scabridum

Cerithium scabridum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.

Cerithium scabridum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. scabridum
Binomial name
Cerithium scabridum Philippi, 1848
Synonyms
Cerithium (Thericium) scabridum Philippi, 1848 Cerithium (Thericium) yerburyi E.A. Smith, 1891 Cerithium adenense G.B. Sowerby II, 1865 Cerithium carnaticum Melvill & Standen, 1898 Cerithium levantinum Smith, E.A., 1891 Cerithium nigropunctatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium scabridum adenensis (f) Sowerby, G.B. II, 1865 Cerithium scabridum albida Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933 Cerithium scabridum carnatica (f) Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1898 Cerithium scabridum var. djiboutiensis H. Fischer & Vignal in Fischer, 1901 Cerithium scabridum var. hispida Pallary, 1938 Cerithium scabridum hispidula (f) Pallary, P., 1938 Cerithium scabridum yerburyi (f) Smith, E.A., 1891 Cerithium yerburyi E.A. Smith, 1891 Gourmya (Gladiocerithium) argutum barashi Nordsieck, 1974

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

External links

• "Cerithium scabridum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 February 2011.