Cerithium muscarum

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

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| image = Cerithium muscarum (fly-specked cerith snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2 (16190664995).jpg

| image_caption = Cerithium muscarum shell

| taxon = Cerithium muscarum

| authority = Say, 1832

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| synonyms =

Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum Mörch, 1876

Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum var. minor Mörch, 1876

Cerithium callisoma Dall, 1892

Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987

Cerithium muscarum var. protracta Vignal, 1902

Cerithium notatum Menke, 1828

Thericium chara Pilsbry, 1949

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Cerithium muscarum , also known as the flyspeck cerith, is a species of sea snail in the family Cerithiidae.{{WoRMS |id=419523|title=Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832|db=MolluscaBase |access-date=30 May 2024}}

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium muscarum includes the Western Central Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean:{{SeaLifeBase species |genus=Cerithium |species=muscarum |id= |month=March |year=2024 }}

  • USA
  • Mexico
  • Cuba
  • Jamaica
  • Belize
  • Honduras

File:SeaSnails.ogv and Cerithium muscarum) feeding on the sea floor in the Gulf of California, Puerto Peñasco, Mexico]]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is {{cvt|26|mm}}.{{cite journal |last1=Welch |first1=John J. |title=The "Island Rule" and deep-sea gastropods: re-examining the evidence |journal=PLoS ONE |date=2010 |volume=5 |issue=1 |page=e8776 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 |doi-access=free |pmid=20098740}}

Habitat

Cerithium muscarum has been recorded at depths between {{cvt|0|and|18|m}}.

References