Bacteridium bermudense
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| Bacteridium bermudense | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Bacteridium |
| Species: | B. bermudense
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| Binomial name | |
| Bacteridium bermudense (Dall & Bartsch, 1911)[1]
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Bacteridium bermudense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species remains within the Bacteridium genus of gastropods, with the exception of the other three related species being Bacteridium carinatum, Bacteridium resticulum and Bacteridium vittatum.[2][3]
Description
[edit | edit source]The length of the shell measures approximately 2.5 mm, other species within this genus all measure roughly the same measurements.
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Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species occurs in many geographical locations around vast marine terrains throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, these include the following locations:[2]
- Aruba, an island immediately north of the South American country of Venezuela. Coordinates: (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Bonaire, a Caribbean island immediately due north of Venezuela, and lies east of Aruba. Coordinates: (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Caribbean Sea, a large sea covering approximately 2,754,000 km2 (1,063,000 sq. mi.) Coordinates: (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Cayman Islands, a small group of islands lying within the Caribbean Sea, southwest of Cuba. Coordinates: (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Colombia, a country in northwest, South America. Coordinates: (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Cuba, a large Caribbean island, due immediately northeast of the Cayman Islands. Coordinates: (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, with its capital, Willemstad. Coordinates: (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Gulf of Mexico, a large marine gulf, lying adjacent to the Caribbean Sea. Coordinates: (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
- Venezuela, a South American country, one of the northernmost countries of the continent. Coordinates: (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Dall, W. H. and P. Bartsch. 1911. New species of shells from Bermuda. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40(1820): 277-288, pl. 35
- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Bacteridium bermudense (Dall & Bartsch, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420471 on 2011-10-26
- ^ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Aguayo, C. G. and H. A. Rehder. 1936. New marine mollusks from Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 9: 263-268, pl. 24
External links
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