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Cerithiopsis acontium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cerithiopsidae

Scientific name
  
Cerithiopsis acontium

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Triphoroidea

Genus
  
Cerithiopsis

Rank
  
Species

Cerithiopsis acontium is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiopsidae. This species was described by the American malacologist William Healey Dall in 1889.

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 8 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 183 m. Maximum recorded depth is 183 m.

References

Cerithiopsis acontium Wikipedia