Bacteridium

Bacteridium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

Bacteridium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:	Turbonillinae
Tribe:	Eulimellini
Genus:	Bacteridium Thiele, 1929
Synonyms[1]
Eulimella (Bacteridium) Thiele, 1929

Distribution

Most of the marine species within this genus occur in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, with the exception of Bacteridium resticulum being situated off the west coast of Africa and its countries, Angola, Namibia and Gabon.

Species

There are four known species within the genus Bacteridium, these include:^[1]

• Bacteridium bermudense (Dall & Bartsch, 1911)
• Bacteridium carinatum (de Folin, 1870)
• Bacteridium resticulum (Dall, 1889)
• Bacteridium vittatum (A. Adams, 1861)^[2]