''Cerithidium'' is a
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s,
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Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large family of medium-sized marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
Distribution
Ceriths are found worldwide on sandy bottoms, reef flats or coral reef rock covered with sand a ...
.
The genus has been used as valid for Indo-Pacific species following Hasegawa (1998), on the grounds that it is older than ''Clathrofenella'' Kuroda & Habe, 1952. However, the Mediterranean type species is a ''Bittium'', for which reason this generic assignment should be revised. The opinion of Hasegawa (1998) and van Aartsen (2006) is followed here
Species
Species within the genus ''Cerithidium'' include:
* ''
Cerithidium actinium''
Rehder, 1980
* ''
Cerithidium australiense''
Thiele, 1930
* ''
Cerithidium cerithinum''
(Philippi, 1849)
* ''
Cerithidium californica''
* ''
Cerithidium diplax''
(Watson, 1886)
* † ''
Cerithidium fragrans''
Barnard, 1963
* ''
Cerithidium fuscum''
(A. Adams, 1860)
* ''
Cerithidium liratum''
Thiele, 1930
* † ''
Cerithidium perminimum''
(de Boury, 1900)
* ''
Cerithidium perparvulum
''Cerithidium perparvulum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Cerithiidae.
Description
Distribution
References
* van Aartsen, J. J. (2006). ''Indo-Pacific migrants into the Mediterran ...
''
(Watson, 1886)
* † ''
Cerithidium plebeium''
Lozouet, 1998
* ''
Cerithidium submamillatum''
(De Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cerithidium pusillum''
(Jeffreys, 1856): synonym of ''Bittium submammillatum''
(de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) synonym of ''Cerithidium submammillatum''
(De Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
* ''Cerithidium reticulatum''
(A. Adams, 1860): synonym of ''Cerithidium fuscum''
(A. Adams, 1860)
References
Hasegawa K., 1998. A review of recent Japanese species previously assigned to ''Eufenella'' and ''Clathrofenella'' (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 31: 165-186* Lozouet, P., 1998. ''Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France).'' Cossmanniana 5(3-4): 61-102
* 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
* van Aartsen J.J. (2006). ''Indo-Pacific migrants into the Mediterranean. 4. Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886) and Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886) (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda).'' Basteria 70: 33-39
External links
Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 ppOliverio, Marco (2006). ''Gastropoda Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda'', in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana
Cerithiidae
Gastropod genera
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