Cerithium lindae


Cerithium lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Peanut Island, Palm Beach Inlet of Lake Worth,
West [Palm Beach, Florida], USA."

Description

Original description: "Shell small for genus, very elongated, with rounded whorls; whorls without varices, circular in cross-section; cylindrical in shape, siphonal canal short, open, barely developed; outer lip flaring, thickened, producing single varix ; aperture round; body whorl sculptured with 9-12 large beaded cords; subsutural beaded cord often largest, separated from other body whorl cords by narrow gap without sculpturing; shell color grayish-white with beads on spiral cords being black; inner edge of lip with evenly-spaced black dots; cords often with one white bead between two black beads, producing a tessellated appearance; interior of aperture white."
The maximum recorded shell length is 11 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.