Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Liotiidae Scientific name Cyclostrema tortuganum | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Trochoidea Genus Cyclostrema Rank Species | |
Cyclostrema tortuganum, common name the Tortugas cyclostreme, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 10 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs off in the Gulf of Mexico (East Florida, Cuba), the West Indies (the Dry Tortugas, Virgin Islands: St. Croix), the Caribbean Sea (Colombia, Venezuela) and the Atlantic Ocean (Bahamas, Brazil).
References
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