Cerithium lindae
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Cerithium lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.{{WRMS species|473074|Cerithium lindae Petuch, 1987||17 May 2010}}
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Peanut Island, Palm Beach Inlet of Lake Worth,
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 22. Publ: CERF
Description
Original description: "Shell small for genus, very elongated, with rounded whorls; whorls without varices, circular in cross-section; cylindrical in shape, siphonal canal short, open, barely developed; outer lip flaring, thickened, producing single varix (on adult specimens); aperture round; body whorl sculptured with 9-12 large beaded cords; subsutural beaded cord often largest, separated from other body whorl cords by narrow gap without sculpturing; shell color grayish-white with beads on spiral cords being black; inner edge of lip with evenly-spaced black dots; cords often with one white bead between two black beads, producing a tessellated appearance; interior of aperture white."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 23. Publ: CERF
The maximum recorded shell length is 11 mm.{{Cite journal |last=Welch |first=John J. |date=2010-01-19 |editor-last=Joly |editor-first=Simon |title=The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence |journal=PLoS ONE |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=e8776 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2010PLoSO...5.8776W |issn=1932-6203}}
Habitat
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Category:Gastropods described in 1987
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