''Cerithideopsis'' is a

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of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod

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s in the

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Potamididae ''Potamididae'', common name potamidids (also known as horn snails or mudwhelks) are a family of small to large brackish water snails that live on mud flats, mangroves and similar habitats. They are amphibious gastropod molluscs in the superfa ...

, the horn snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446424 on 2020-08-01 This genus was previously considered a subspecies of ''

Cerithidea ''Cerithidea'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithidea Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...

'' Swainson, 1840

Species

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Cerithideopsis australiensis ''Cerithideopsis'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' Reid & Claremont, 2014 * ''

Cerithideopsis californica ''Cerithideopsis californica'', common name the California hornsnail

'' (Haldeman, 1840) - California hornsnail * ''

Cerithideopsis costata ''Cerithideopsis costata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithideopsis costata (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...

'' (E. M. da Costa, 1778) - costate hornsnail * ''

Cerithideopsis fuscata ''Cerithideopsis'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' (Gould, 1857) * ''

Cerithideopsis largillierti ''Cerithideopsis largillierti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affi ...

'' (Philippi, 1848) * ''

Cerithideopsis malayensis ''Cerithideopsis'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' Reid & Claremont, 2014 * ''

Cerithideopsis montagnei ''Cerithideopsis montagnei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithideopsis montagnei (d’Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mar ...

'' (Orbigny, 1839) * ''

Cerithideopsis pliculosa ''Cerithideopsis pliculosa'', common name the plicate horn shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithideopsis pliculosa (Menke, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of M ...

'' (Menke, 1829) - plicate hornsnail - type species of genus ''Cerithideopsis'' * ''

Cerithideopsis pulchra ''Cerithideopsis'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929. Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' (C. B. Adams, 1852) * '' Cerithideopsis scalariformis'' (Say, 1825)Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithideopsis scalariformis (Say, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758592 on 2014-03-20 - ladder hornsnailHoubrick R. S. (1984). "Revision of higher taxa in genus ''Cerithidea'' (Mesogastropoda: Potamididae) based on comparative morphology and biological data". ''

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References

* Reid D.G. & Claremont M. (2014) The genus Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929 (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region. Zootaxa 3779(1): 61-80

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