Cerithium
Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.Species
Species within this genus include:
- Cerithium abditum Houbrick, 1992
- Cerithium adustum Kiener, 1841
- Cerithium africanum Houbrick, 1992
- Cerithium albolineatum Bozzetti, 2008
- Cerithium alexandri Tomlin, 1923
- Cerithium alucastrum
- Cerithium alutaceum
- Cerithium atratum
- Cerithium atromarginatum Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
- Cerithium balletoni Cecalupo, 2009
- Cerithium balteatum Philippi, 1848
- Cerithium bayeri
- Cerithium boeticum Pease, 1860
- Cerithium browni
- Cerithium buzzurroi Cecalupo, 2005
- Cerithium caeruleum Sowerby, 1855
- 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 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 : synonym of Cerithium zebrum Kiener, 1841
- Cerithium kobelti Dunker, 1877 : synonym of Cerithium dialeucum Philippi, 1849
- Cerithium koperbergi Schepman, 1907
- Cerithium kreukelorum van Gemert, 2012
- Cerithium leptocharactum Rehder, 1980
- Cerithium lifuense Melvill & Standen, 1895
- Cerithium lindae Petuch, 1987
- Cerithium lissum Watson, 1880
- Cerithium litteratum
- Cerithium lividulum Risso, 1826
- Cerithium lutosum Menke, 1828
- Cerithium maculosum Kiener, 1841
- Cerithium madreporicola Jousseaume, 1930
- Cerithium mangrovum Q.-M. Sun & S.-P. Zhang, 2014
- Cerithium matukense Watson, 1886
- Cerithium mediolaeve 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
- 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 salebrosum Sowerby, 1855
- Cerithium scabridum Philippi, 1848
- Cerithium scobiniforme Houbrick, 1992
- Cerithium spinosum Philippi, 1836
- Cerithium stercumuscarum Valenciennes, 1833
- Cerithium tenellum Sowerby, 1855
- Cerithium torresi Smith, 1884
- Cerithium torulosum
- Cerithium traillii Sowerby, 1855
- Cerithium tuberculatum
- Cerithium uncinatum
- Cerithium virgatum Montfort, 1810
- Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792
- Cerithium zebrum
- Cerithium zonatum
Fossil records
The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent periods. 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
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