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Cerithiopsis academicorum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cerithiopsidae

Scientific name
  
Cerithiopsis academicorum

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Triphoroidea

Genus
  
Cerithiopsis

Rank
  
Species

Cerithiopsis academicorum is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiopsidae. This species is known from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It was described by Emilio Rolán and José Espinosa in 1996.

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4 mm (0.16 in).

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Maximum recorded depth is 40 m (130 ft).

References

Cerithiopsis academicorum Wikipedia