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Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846) 
AphiaID: 139072

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Triphoroidea (Superfamily) > Newtoniellidae (Family) > Newtoniellinae (Subfamily) > Cerithiella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cerithiella Verrill, 1882
Synonymised
taxa
  Cerithiella macrocephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897
Cerithiella whiteavesii (Verrill, 1880) (junior synonym)
Cerithiopsis bizonalis Jeffreys, 1885
Cerithium gracile Jeffreys, 1885 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium gracile Lamarck, 1804, and several others)
Cerithium metula Lovén, 1846 (original combination)
Cerithium metulatum Locard, 1886 (unjustified emendation of specific epithet)
Cerithium nitidum Forbes, in M'Andrew & Forbes, 1847
Cerithium procerum Jeffreys, 1877 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium procerum Kiener, 1841)
Lovenella whiteavesii Verrill, 1880
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. (eds), 2005. Catalogue of molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. Moscow [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish obelisksnegl  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]

Habitat: bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Image 
Cerithiella metula
Cerithiella metula
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139072
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139072 on 2013-05-20
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