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Bacteridium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Euthyneura

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Heterobranchia

Clade
  
Panpulmonata

Similar
  
Turbonilla, Pyramidellidae, Odostomia, Brevibacterium, Microbacterium

Bacteridium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

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Distribution

Most of the marine species within this genus occur in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, with the exception of Bacteridium resticulum being situated off the west coast of Africa and its countries, Angola, Namibia and Gabon.

Species

There are four known species within the genus Bacteridium, these include:

  • Bacteridium bermudense (Dall & Bartsch, 1911)
  • Bacteridium carinatum (de Folin, 1870)
  • Bacteridium resticulum (Dall, 1889)
  • Bacteridium vittatum (A. Adams, 1861)
  • References

    Bacteridium Wikipedia