Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Crassispira bittium | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
Ceritoturris bittium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae
Contents
It was formerly included within the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
(Original description) The minute shell has a blunt protoconch. The second whorl shows a peripheral keel. The seven subsequent whorls are moderately rounded, axially and spirally sculptured whorls. The siphonal canal is almost obsolete.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Hawaii.
References
Ceritoturris bittium Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA