Cerithidea balteata

Cerithidea balteata is a species of snail, a brackish-water gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.^[1]

Cerithidea balteata
Two shells of Cerithidea balteata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Potamididae
Genus:	Cerithidea
Species:	C. balteata
Binomial name
Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855
Synonyms
Cerithidea cornea A. Adams, 1855 Cerithidea ornata A. Adams, 1863 Cerithidea raricostata A. Adams, 1855 Cerithium (Cerithidea) balteatum (A. Adams, 1855) Cerithium (Cerithidea) balteatum var. mindorensis Kobelt, 1895 Cerithium (Cerithidea) quadrasi Kobelt, 1895 Cerithium ornatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855

Description

The length of the shell attains 28 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in brackish waters in the Philippines.