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Cerithium madreporicola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cerithiidae

Scientific name
  
Cerithium madreporicola

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Genus
  
Cerithium

Rank
  
Species

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Cerithium madreporicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.

The true Cerithium madreporicola is a fossil species known only from raised Quaternary reefs in the Red Sea. The name has been applied in error to a Recent species from the Philippines and Indonesia, which has later been named as Cerithium kreukelorum.

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium madreporicola includes the Red Sea.

References

Cerithium madreporicola Wikipedia