Cerithium alutaceum

Cerithium alutaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. alutaceum
Binomial name
Cerithium alutaceum (Gould, 1861)
Synonyms
Bittium alutaceum Gould, 1861 (original combination) Bittium numamuranum Yokoyama, 1925 † Bittium perpusillum Tryon, 1887 Cerithiopsis hilaris Yokoyama, 1924 † Cerithium lineatum Tryon, 1887 (invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium lineatum Lamarck, 1822) Cerithium sergentum Jousseaume, 1931 Cerithium stigmosum Gould, 1861

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the China Seas.

References

• Jousseaume F. (1931 ["1930"]) Cerithiidae de la Mer Rouge. Journal de Conchyliologie 74(4): 270–296.
• Yokoyama M. (1924). Molluscan remains from the lowest part of the Jo-ban coal-field. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 45(3): 1–22, pls 1–5
• Yokoyama M. (1925). Molluscan remains from the uppermost part of the Joban coalfield. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University, Tōkyō. 45(5): 1-34, pls 1–6.

External links

• Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 385-389 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40
• Tryon G.W., jr. (1887). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. (1)9: Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae, pp. 1-488, pl. 1-71
• Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. pp. 788–793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.