Cerithium tenellum
©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Cerithium tenellum 3.4 cm long from the Loomis Reef and Research Station area, Lizard Island.
©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Cerithium tenellum 3.4 cm long from the Loomis Reef and Research Station area, Lizard Island.
©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Cerithium tenellum 3.4 cm long from the Loomis Reef and Research Station area, Lizard Island.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Cerithiidae
Genus
Cerithium
Species
Cerithium tenellum
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 3 cm (length according to Wilson, 1993)
- Up to 3.4 cm (length of photographed specimen)
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells: 1. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.
Other references
- Huelsken, T. (2008). Phylogenetic relationship and species identification within the Natcidae Guilding, 1834 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum. LIRS catalog number 1204.