Clypeomorus bifasciata

Clypeomorus bifasciata
	A shell of Clypeomorus bifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Clypeomorus
Species:	C. bifasciata
Binomial name
	Clypeomorus bifasciata; (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
	Cerithium (Pithocerithium) morum Lamarck, 1822; Cerithium bifasciatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium concisum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852; Cerithium gemmulatum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852; Cerithium humile Dunker, 1861; Cerithium morum Lamarck, 1822; Cerithium morus Lamarck, 1822; Cerithium nigrofasciatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1865; Cerithium obesulum G.B. Sowerby II, 1865; Cerithium oceanicum Hedley, 1899; Cerithium rubrolineatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium uranus Bayle, 1880; Cerithium vittatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Clypeomorus bifasciatus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855); Clypeomorus clypeomorus Jousseaume, 1888; Clypeomorus concisus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852); Clypeomorus morus (Lamarck, 1822); Clypeomorus penthusarus Iredale, 1929

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 40 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Indo Pacific, from the Red Sea to the Samoa Islands; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).

Sowerby, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847–899, pls 176–186.
Houbrick R.S. 1985. Genus Clypeomorus Jousseaume (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 403: 1-131

"Clypeomorus bifasciata bifasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.