Cerithidea quoyii

Cerithidea quoyii
	A live Cerithidea quoyii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Potamididae
Genus:	Cerithidea
Species:	C. quoyii
Binomial name
	Cerithidea quoyii; (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
	Cerithium quoyii Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848; Cerithidea quadrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1866

Cerithidea quoyii is a species of brackish water snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam and the Philippines.

Cerithidea quoyii shell.

Cerithidea quoyii shells.

Cerithidea quoyii is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.[2]

Bouchet, P. (2015). Cerithidea quoyii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758738 on 5 April 2016
Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.

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