species: Cerithium tenellum in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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

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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.