Cerithium atratum

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

Cerithium atratum
Cerithium atratum shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. atratum
Binomial name
Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
List Cerithium (Thericium) preatratum Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Cerithium (Thericium) vicinia Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Cerithium antillarum Mörch, 1876 Cerithium atratum var. tenuis Mörch, 1876 Cerithium caudatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium floridanum Mörch, 1876 Cerithium floridanum leonensis Mansfield, 1930 Cerithium floridanum var. cruzana Usticke, 1959 Cerithium graciliforme G.B. Sowerby II, 1865 Cerithium peratratum Cerithium striatissimum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium subatratum Kobelt, 1898 Cerithium umbonatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855 Murex atratus Born, 1778

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium atratum includes the Western Atlantic.^[2]

• Brazil^[2]
• Belize^[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 50 mm.^[3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 91 m.^[3]