Cerithium munitum

Cerithium munitum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. munitum
Binomial name
	Cerithium munitum; G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Synonyms
	Cerithium audouini Bayle, 1880; Cerithium boettgeri Icke & Martin, 1907; Cerithium dautzenbergi Vignal, 1902; Cerithium ickei Vignal, 1908; Cerithium proditum Bayle, 1880; Cerithium pyramidatum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852; Cerithium sucaradjanum Martin, 1899; Cerithium talahabense Martin, 1899; Cerithium vandervlerki van der Vlerk, 1931

Cerithium munitum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.^[1]

Description and Biology

Found at depths from subtidal to 10 m on reefs in sand and dead coral. Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trochophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.^[2]

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium munitum includes the Indo-Western Central Pacific.^[2]^[3]

Indonesia^[3]
Guam^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Cerithium munitum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Cerithium munitum Sowerby, 1855".
^ ^a ^b ^c Cerithium munitum. sealifebase.org, Retrieved 9 January 2011.

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[WoRMS-1] Cerithium munitum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

[sealifebase1-2] "Cerithium munitum Sowerby, 1855".

[sealifebase-3] Cerithium munitum. sealifebase.org, Retrieved 9 January 2011.

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