Taxon profile
species
Cerithiopsis fusiformis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » family Cerithiopsidae » genus Cerithiopsis
ID: 545003
pID: 308106
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-08-17 01:04:20 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-21 04:56:21
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id545003/
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[[t:545003;<em>Cerithiopsis fusiformis</em>]] (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id545003/"><em>Cerithiopsis fusiformis</em></a>
pID: 308106
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-08-17 01:04:20 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-21 04:56:21
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id545003/
Text function: [[t:545003;<em>Cerithiopsis fusiformis</em>]]
[[t:545003;<em>Cerithiopsis fusiformis</em>]] (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id545003/"><em>Cerithiopsis fusiformis</em></a>
Scientific synonyms
Cerithium fusiforme C. B. Adams, 1850
Joculator fusiformis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Cerithiopsis fusiforme (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Cerithiopsis brassica Olsson & Harbison, 1953
Images
Author: Garcia, E.F. & Lee, H.G.
Author: Tunnell et al.
Author: Cecalupo A. & Perugia I.
Taxon in country check-lists*
North America: Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, United States of America (Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas), South America: Caribbean, Colombia
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 121509
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2023-02-27 13:07:16 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Text ID: 121509
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Created: 2023-02-27 13:07:16 - User Delsing Jan
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Distribution: Texas, Gulf of Mexico, Florida. Size: 3 mm
Description: Color of teleoconch whorls reddish-brown, protoconch white to pale yellow; shell fusiform, barrel shaped; sculpture of spiral beaded ribs attached by concave, rounded axial and spiral riblets, producing squarish inner spaces; 2 beaded, spiral ribs on postnuclear whorls; 3 beaded, spiral ribs on body whorl; body whorl with basal spiral cord or cords; protoconch whorls rounded and smooth; aperture subcircular; siphon abrupt. Habitat: Sandy bottoms at depths from 0 to 165 m (541 ft).
Remarks: Rare in Texas. Shells found in beach drift. Often confused with C. greenii. See
Ode (1989c); Redfern (2001).
Synonym: C. brassica Olsson and Harbison, 1953.
Description: Color of teleoconch whorls reddish-brown, protoconch white to pale yellow; shell fusiform, barrel shaped; sculpture of spiral beaded ribs attached by concave, rounded axial and spiral riblets, producing squarish inner spaces; 2 beaded, spiral ribs on postnuclear whorls; 3 beaded, spiral ribs on body whorl; body whorl with basal spiral cord or cords; protoconch whorls rounded and smooth; aperture subcircular; siphon abrupt. Habitat: Sandy bottoms at depths from 0 to 165 m (541 ft).
Remarks: Rare in Texas. Shells found in beach drift. Often confused with C. greenii. See
Ode (1989c); Redfern (2001).
Synonym: C. brassica Olsson and Harbison, 1953.
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Cerithiopsis fusiformis Adams, 1850]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013