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Cerithidium diplax

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Cerithidium diplax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithidium
Species:
C. diplax
Binomial name
Cerithidium diplax
(Watson, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bittium diplax Watson, 1886
  • Clathrofenella diplax (Watson, 1886)
  • Clathrofenella ferruginea (Adams A., 1860) (misidentification)

Cerithidium diplax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and along Queensland, Australia

References

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  1. ^ a b Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 February 2011.
  • Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419–453
  • van Aartsen J.J. (2006). Indo-Pacific migrants into the Mediterranean. 4. Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886) and Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886) (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda). Basteria 70: 33–39