Cerithium muscarum

Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum Mörch, 1876 Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum var.

minor Mörch, 1876 Cerithium callisoma Dall, 1892 Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987 Cerithium muscarum var.

protracta Vignal, 1902 Cerithium notatum Menke, 1828 Thericium chara Pilsbry, 1949 Cerithium muscarum , also known as the flyspeck cerith, is a species of sea snail in the family Cerithiidae.

[1][2] The distribution of Cerithium muscarum includes the Western Central Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean:[1][2] The maximum recorded shell length is 26 mm (1.0 in).

[3] Cerithium muscarum has been recorded at depths between 0 and 18 m (0 and 59 ft).

50 second video of snails (most likely Natica chemnitzi and Cerithium muscarum ) feeding on the sea floor in the Gulf of California , Puerto Peñasco , Mexico