Size: shell size between 10 mm and 25 mm.

 

Key Features: The shell is high-spired,brownish with contrasting pattern of white and dark brown mottles.

 

Habitat: lives on sandy and muddy bottom.

 

Conservation status: Not Evaluated

 

Distribution in the GoK: reported along the coast of Boria, Bhaidar, Ajad, Goose and Kalubhar region.

 

References:

Cerithium scabridum. In Reeflex , the Marine Aquarium Encyclopedia. Retrieved on June 16, 2014 from http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/6496_Cerithium_scabridum.htm

 

Cerithium scabridum. In World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved on June 16, 2014 from http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139065

 

 

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Femorale. Licensed under CC BY-NC via Wikimedia Commons.