Cerithium

Cerithium; Temporal range: Triassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Two views of a shell of Cerithium echinatum, the "spiny creeper"
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Subfamily:	Cerithiinae
Genus:	Cerithium; Bruguière, 1789[1]
Type species
	Cerithium adansonii; Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms
	Bayericerithium Petuch, 2001; Cerithium (Cerithium) Bruguière, 1789· accepted, alternate representation; † Cerithium (Chondrocerithium) Monterosato in Cossmann, 1906 · accepted, alternate representation; Cerithium (Conocerithium) Sacco, 1895; Cerithium (Contumax) Hedley, 1899; Cerithium (Gladiocerithium) Monterosato, 1910; Cerithium (Hirtocerithium) Monterosato, 1910; Cerithium (Ischnocerithium) Thiele, 1929; Cerithium (Pithocerithium) Sacco, 1895; Cerithium (Thericium) Monterosato, 1890; Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) Cossmann, 1895; Colina (Ischnocerithium) Thiele, 1929; Conocerithium Sacco, 1895; Contumax Hedley, 1899; Drillocerithium Monterosato, 1910; Gladiocerithium Monterosato, 1910; Gourmierium Jousseaume, 1894; Gourmya (Gladiocerithium) Monterosato, 1910; Hirtocerithium Monterosato, 1910; † Liocerithium Sacco, 1894; Lithocerithium Monterosato, 1910; Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) Woodring, 1928; Semivertagus Cossman; Thericium Monterosato; Tiaracerithium Sacco, 1895; Ischnocerithium Thiele, 1929;

Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.[2]

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[3]
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

Fossil shells of Cerithium crenatum from Pliocene of Italy

The genus is known from the Triassic 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[4][5] including:

Cerithium crenatum from the Pliocene of Italy
Cerithium elegans Deshayes, 1824[6]

Gallery

References

Bruguière (1789). Ency. Méth. (Vers) 1(2): xv, 546.
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
van Gemert, L. J. (2012). A new Cerithium from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Cerithiidae). Visaya 3 (5) Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine: 11-14.
Fossilworks
(in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
Cerithium elegans at Museum National d'>Histoire Naturelle, Paris

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. 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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[1] Bruguière (1789). Ency. Méth. (Vers) 1(2): xv, 546.

[WoRMS-2] 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

[kreukelorum-3] van Gemert, L. J. (2012). A new Cerithium from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Cerithiidae). Visaya 3 (5) Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine: 11-14.

[4] Fossilworks

[5] (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.

[6] Cerithium elegans at Museum National d'>Histoire Naturelle, Paris