Bacteridium carinatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae and the genus Bacteridium.[1]

Bacteridium carinatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Bacteridium
Species:
B. carinatum
Binomial name
Bacteridium carinatum
(de Folin, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anisocycla eulimoides Fekih, 1969
  • Eulimella (Bacteridium) carinata (de Folin, 1870)
  • Eulimella carinata de Folin, 1870

Distribution edit

The vast majority of this species is distributed within marine terrain off the west coast of Africa (Cape Verdes) and its countries on the west coast, Angola, Namibia, Gabon, and in the demersal zone of the Mediterranean Sea

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bacteridium carinatum (de Folin, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 December 2018.

Sources edit

  • Sealifebase.org: Bacteridium carinatum
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Templado, J. and R. Villanueva, 2010 Checklist of Phylum Mollusca. pp. 148–198 In Coll, M., et al., 2010. The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats. PLoS ONE 5(8):36pp.

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