# Bacteridium

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| taxon = Bacteridium
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| synonyms = ''Eulimella (Bacteridium)'' <small>Thiele, 1929</small>
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'''''Bacteridium''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Pyramidellidae](/source/Pyramidellidae), the pyrams and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">WoRMS (2010). ''Bacteridium''. Accessed through:  [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415093 on 2011-10-26</ref>

==Distribution==
Most of the marine species within this genus occur in the [Caribbean Sea](/source/Caribbean_Sea) and the [Gulf of Mexico](/source/Gulf_of_Mexico), with the exception of ''Bacteridium resticulum'' being situated off the west coast of [Africa](/source/Africa) and its countries, [Angola](/source/Angola), [Namibia](/source/Namibia) and [Gabon](/source/Gabon).

==Species==
There are four known species within the genus ''Bacteridium'', these include:<ref name="WoRMS" />
* ''[Bacteridium bermudense](/source/Bacteridium_bermudense)'' <small>(Dall & Bartsch, 1911)</small>
* ''[Bacteridium carinatum](/source/Bacteridium_carinatum)'' <small>(de Folin, 1870)</small>
* ''[Bacteridium resticulum](/source/Bacteridium_resticulum)'' <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
* ''[Bacteridium vittatum](/source/Bacteridium_vittatum)'' <small>(A. Adams, 1861)</small><ref>[http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/92060 OBIS: Bacteridium vittatum; retrieved: 26 December 2011]</ref>

==References==
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* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago''. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

==External links==
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415093 World Register of Marine Species]
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Category:Pyramidellidae

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