Clypeomorus bifasciata

Clypeomorus bifasciata
shells of Clypeomorus bifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Clypeomorus
Species:	C. bifasciata
Binomial name
Clypeomorus bifasciata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
Cerithium (Pithocerithium) morum Lamarck, 1822 Cerithium bifasciatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium concisum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852 Cerithium gemmulatum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852 Cerithium humile Dunker, 1861 Cerithium morum Lamarck, 1822 Cerithium morus Lamarck, 1822 Cerithium nigrofasciatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1865 Cerithium obesulum G.B. Sowerby II, 1865 Cerithium oceanicum Hedley, 1899 Cerithium rubrolineatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium uranus Bayle, 1880 Cerithium vittatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 Clypeomorus bifasciatus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855) Clypeomorus clypeomorus Jousseaume, 1888 Clypeomorus concisus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852) Clypeomorus morus (Lamarck, 1822) Clypeomorus penthusarus Iredale, 1929

Clypeomorus bifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.^[1]

Subspecies

• Clypeomorus bifasciata bifasciata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
• Clypeomorus bifasciata persica Houbrick, 1985

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo Pacific, from the Red Sea to the Samoa Islands; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).

References

1. Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

• Sowerby, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847-899, pls 176-186.
• Houbrick R.S. 1985. Genus Clypeomorus Jousseaume (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 403: 1-131

External links

• Gastropods.com: Clypeomorus bifasciata bifasciata