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Cerithium lutosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithium
Species:	C. lutosum
Binomial name
	Cerithium lutosum; Menke, 1828
Synonyms
	Cerithium alabastrum Mörch, 1876; Cerithium bermudae G.B. Sowerby II, 1865; Cerithium eriense Kiener, 1841; Cerithium ferrugineum Say, 1832; Cerithium lutuosum ; Cerithium megasoma C.B. Adams, 1850; Cerithium mutabile C.B. Adams, 1845; Cerithium nigrinum Philippi, 1848; Cerithium rissoidae ; Cerithium rissoide G.B. Sowerby II, 1865; Cerithium rissoiide ; Cerithium sagrae d'Orbigny, 1847; Cerithium sagrae var. pallida Mörch, 1876; Cerithium thomasiae G.B. Sowerby II, 1865; Cerithium variabile C.B. Adams, 1845; Cerithium variabile var. calcarea Usticke, 1959; Cerithium versicolor C.B. Adams, 1850; Cerithium versicolor var. grisea Mörch, 1876; Lampanella eriensis (Kiener, 1841); Pyrazus (Lampanella) eriensis (Kiener, 1841); Pyrazus (Lampanella) eriensis var. minor Mörch, 1876; Thericium biminiense Pilsbry & McGinty, 1949

Cerithium lutosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium lutosum includes North America.^[2]

The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm.^[3]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 8 m.^[3]

1 2 Cerithium lutosum Menke, 1828. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 March 2026.
↑ Cerithium lutosum. sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.
1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.