Gourmya argutum
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Gourmya argutum is a species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large family of medium-sized marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Distribution :...

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There is one variety : Gourmya (Gladiocerithium) argutum var. argutum (Monterosato, 1911)

The subspecies Gourmya (Gladiocerithium) argutum barashi Nordsieck, 1974 is a synonym of Cerithium scabridum
Cerithium scabridum
Cerithium scabridum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea-External links:*...

Philippi, 1848
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