Cerithium sp.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Family: Cerithiidae Genus: Cerithium (Bruguière, 1789) Five fusiform dextral specimens with five to six whorls; One large body whorl and the other whorls composing a prominent spire. One specimen appears to be a different species than the other four specimens. Thin, transverse spiral ornamentation on the whorls. Prominent tubercles on the margin near the suture of the whorls for the four similar specimens. The one specimen that appears to be a different species has longitudinal ribs on the whorls. Elongated, rectangular aperture with an inductura on the inner lip.