Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778) is a animal in the Cerithiidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778)

Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778)

Cerithium atratum is a marine species found in the Western Atlantic, with maximum shell length 50 mm and depth range 0–91 m.

Family
Genus
Cerithium
Order
Class
Gastropoda

About Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778)

Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778) has a maximum recorded shell length of 50 mm. Its documented distribution spans the Western Atlantic, including Belize and Brazil. This species occurs at depths from a recorded minimum of 0 m to a recorded maximum of 91 m.

Photo: (c) Flávio Mendes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Flávio Mendes · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Cerithiidae Cerithium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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