Clypeomorus pellucida

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

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

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

External links

• Gastropods.com: Clypeomorus pellucida