''Cerithium'' is a genus of small to medium-sized
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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the family
Cerithiidae, the ceriths.
[Gofas, S. (2011). Cerithium Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137760 on 2011-10-07]
Species
Species within this genus include:
*''
Cerithium abditum''
Houbrick, 1992
* ''
Cerithium adustum'' Kiener, 1841
*''
Cerithium africanum''
Houbrick, 1992
*''
Cerithium albolineatum''
Bozzetti, 2008
*''
Cerithium alucastrum''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''
Cerithium alutaceum''
(Gould, 1861)
*''
Cerithium atratum''
(Born, 1778)
*''
Cerithium atromarginatum''
Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
*''
Cerithium balletoni''
Cecalupo, 2009
*''
Cerithium balteatum''
Philippi, 1848
*''
Cerithium bayeri''
(Petuch, 2001)
*''
Cerithium boeticum''
Pease, 1860
* ''
Cerithium browni'' (Bartsch, 1928)
*''
Cerithium buzzurroi''
Cecalupo, 2005
*''
Cerithium caeruleum''
Sowerby, 1855
* † ''
Cerithium calculosum''
Basterot, 1825
*''
Cerithium cecalupoi''
Cossignani, 2004
*''
Cerithium citrinum''
Sowerby, 1855
*''
Cerithium claviforme''
Schepman, 1907
*''
Cerithium columna''
Sowerby, 1834
*''
Cerithium coralium''
Kiener, 1841
*''
Cerithium crassilabrum''
Krauss, 1848
*''
Cerithium dialeucum''
Philippi, 1849
*''
Cerithium eburneum''
Bruguière, 1792
*''
Cerithium echinatum''
Lamarck, 1842
*''
Cerithium egenum''
Gould, 1849
* † ''
Cerithium excavatum''
Brongniart in Cuvier & Brongniart, 1822
*''
Cerithium flemischi''
Martin, 1933
* ''
Cerithium gallapaginis'' G.B. Sowerby, 1855
* ''
Cerithium gemmatum'' Hinds, 1844
*''
Cerithium georgianum''
Pfeffer, 1886
*''
Cerithium gloriosum''
Houbrick, 1992
* ''
Cerithium gracilis'' Philippi, 1836
*''
Cerithium guinaicum''
Philippi, 1849
*''
Cerithium heteroclites''
Lamarck, 1822
*''
Cerithium ianthinum''
Gould, 1849
*''
Cerithium interstriatum''
Sowerby, 1855
*''
Cerithium ivani''
Cecalupo, 2008
*''Cerithium janthinum''
(Gould, 1849 in 1846–50) : synonym of ''
Cerithium zebrum'' Kiener, 1841
*''Cerithium kobelti''
Dunker, 1877 : synonym of ''
Cerithium dialeucum'' Philippi, 1849
* ''
Cerithium kreukelorum''
van Gemert, 2012[van Gemert, L. J. (2012). ''A new'' Cerithium ''from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Cerithiidae).'' Visay]
(5)
: 11-14.
*''
Cerithium leptocharactum''
Rehder, 1980
*''
Cerithium lifuense''
Melvill & Standen, 1895
*''
Cerithium lindae''
Petuch, 1987
*''
Cerithium lissum''
Watson, 1880
*''
Cerithium litteratum''
(Born, 1778)
*''
Cerithium lividulum''
Risso, 1826
* ''
Cerithium lorenzi''
Bozzetti, 2020
*''
Cerithium lutosum''
Menke, 1828
* ''
Cerithium maculosum''
Kiener, 1841
* † ''
Cerithium madreporicola''
Jousseaume, 1931
*''
Cerithium madreporicola''
Jousseaume, 1930
* ''
Cerithium mangrovum''
Q.-M. Sun & S.-P. Zhang, 2014
*''
Cerithium matukense''
Watson, 1886
* ''
Cerithium mediolaeve''
Carpenter, 1857
* ''
Cerithium menkei''
Carpenter, 1857
* † ''
Cerithium miocanariensis''
Martín-González & Vera-Peláez, 2018
*''Cerithium moniliferum''
Kiener, 1842 : synonym of ''
Clypeomorus batillariaeformis'' Habe & Kosuge, 1966
*''
Cerithium munitum''
Sowerby, 1855
*''
Cerithium muscarum''
Say, 1832
*''
Cerithium nesioticum''
Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906
* ''
Cerithium nicaraguense''
Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
*''
Cerithium nodulosum''
Bruguière, 1792
*''
Cerithium novaehollandiae''
Adams in Sowerby, 1855
*''
Cerithium ophioderma''
(Habe, 1968)
*''
Cerithium pacificum''
Houbrick, 1992
*''
Cerithium phoxum''
Watson, 1880
*''
Cerithium placidum''
Gould, 1861
*''
Cerithium protractum''
Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838
*''
Cerithium punctatum''
Bruguière, 1792
*''
Cerithium rehderi''
Houbrick, 1992
*''
Cerithium renovatum''
Monterosato, 1884
*''
Cerithium rostratum''
Sowerby, 1855
*''Cerithium rubus''
Deshayes, 1843: synonym of ''
Cerithium echinatum''
Lamarck, 1822
* ''
Cerithium rueppelli''
Philippi, 1848
* † ''
Cerithium rufonodulosum''
E. A. Smith, 1901
*''
Cerithium salebrosum''
Sowerby, 1855
*''
Cerithium scabridum''
Philippi, 1848
*''
Cerithium scobiniforme''
Houbrick, 1992
* ''
Cerithium spinosum''
Philippi, 1836
* ''
Cerithium stercumuscarum''
Valenciennes, 1833
* ''
Cerithium subscalatum''
Pilsbry, 1904
* † ''
Cerithium taeniagranulosum''
Lozouet, 1999 †
*''
Cerithium tenellum''
Sowerby, 1855
*''
Cerithium torresi''
Smith, 1884
*''
Cerithium torulosum''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
*''
Cerithium traillii''
Sowerby, 1855
* † ''
Cerithium trochleare''
Lamarck, 1804
*''
Cerithium tuberculatum''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Cerithium uncinatum''
(Gmelin, 1791)
*''
Cerithium virgatum''
Montfort, 1810 (''nomen dubium'')
*''
Cerithium vulgatum''
Bruguière, 1792
*''
Cerithium zebrum''
(Kiener, 1841)
*''
Cerithium zonatum''
(Wood, 1828)
Fossil records
The genus is known from the
Triassic
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to the
Recent periods (age range: from 221.5 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world. There are about 100 extinct species including:
* ''Cerithium crenatum'' from the Pliocene of Italy
* ''Cerithium elegans'' Deshayes, 1824
* ''Cerithium cattleyae'' Baily, 1856 from Miocene of Crimea and South
Russia
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''Cerithium cattleyae'' at MolluscaBase
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Gallery
File:Cerithium caeruleum 01.JPG, '' Cerithium caeruleum''
File:Cerithium columna.shell001.jpg, '' Cerithium columna''
File:Cerithium coralium 01.JPG, '' Cerithium coralium''
File:Cerithium dalli SR 02-224 02.jpg, '' Cerithium dalli''
File:Cerithium dialeucum 01.JPG, '' Cerithium dialeucum''
File:Cerithium echinatum.shell001.jpg, '' Cerithium echinatum''
File:Cerithium lifuense.shell001.jpg, '' Cerithium lifuense''
File:Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778) (4311966772).jpg, '' Cerithium litteratum''
File:Cerithium nesioticum.jpg, '' Cerithium nesioticum''
File:Cerithium nodulosum 01.jpg, '' Cerithium nodulosum''
File:Cerithium scabridum01.JPG, '' Cerithium scabridum''
File:Cerithium scobiniforme 001.jpg, '' Cerithium scobiniforme''
File:Cerithium tenellum 002.jpg, '' Cerithium tenellum''
File:Cerithium torulosum.jpg, '' Cerithium torulosum''
File:Cerithium varicosum 01.JPG, '' Cerithium varicosum''
File:Cerithium vulgatum 02.JPG, '' Cerithium vulgatum''
See also
* '' Bittium''
References
OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan DatabaseA Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
Houbrick R.S. (1992). ''Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia)''. Smithsonian contributions to Zoology 510: 1-211
* Petuch E. 2001. New Gastropods named for Frederick M. Bayer, in Recognition of his Contributions to Tropical Western Atlantic Malacology. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 10 : 334-343
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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