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''Cenchritis'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
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Littorinidae The Littorinidae are a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found worldwide. Names In English-speaking countries, gastropod molluscs from ...
, the winkles or periwinkles.


Species

Species within the genus ''Cenchritis'' include: * '' Cenchritis antonii'' (Philippi, R.A., 1846) * '' Cenchritis coronatus'' Valenciennes, A., 1832 * '' Cenchritis cumingii'' ** ''Cenchritis cumingii cumingii'' (Philippi, R.A., 1846) ** ''Cenchritis cumingii luchuanus'' (Pilsbry, H.A., 1901) ** ''Cenchritis cumingii spinulosus'' (Philippi, R.A., 1847) * '' Cenchritis granosus'' (Philippi, R.A., 1846) * '' Cenchritis malaccanus'' (Philippi, R.A.) * '' Cenchritis muricatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Cenchritis niuensis'' (Reid, D.G. & Geller, 1997) * '' Cenchritis nodulosus'' Pfeiffer, L., 1839 * '' Cenchritis pagodus'' (Linnaeus, C., 1758) * '' Cenchritis rugosus'' Wood, W., 1828 * '' Cenchritis rusticus'' (Philippi, R.A., 1846) * '' Cenchritis tectumpersicum'' (Linnaeus, C., 1758) * '' Cenchritis viviparus'' (Rosewater, J., 1982)


References

Littorinidae {{Littorinidae-stub