Leal, José H.
Cerithiopsidae
Sign in to saveCerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.
Species
sponshorens
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
- FamilyCerithiopsidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,556
- With media
- 48
- Family
- Cerithiopsidae
- Collections
- LACM, UCMP, PRI, NHMUK, USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Malaysia, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Philippines, Antigua And Barbuda
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Triphoroidea
- Image
- Prolixodens whaaporum.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cerithiopsidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Cerithiopsidae
- taxon name
- Cerithiopsidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon common name
- Sponshorentjes
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Encyclopedic overview
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Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.
These tiny snails have shells that are very high-spired and consist of multiple whorls.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cerithiopsidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.