''Cerithium'' is a genus of small to medium-sized

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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, 2012van Gemert, L. J. (2012). ''A new'' Cerithium ''from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Cerithiidae).'' Visay
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: 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 ''Cerithium lutosum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Cerithiidae. Distribution The distribution of ''Cerithium lutosum'' includes the North America.

'' 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 ''Cerithium nodulosum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae. Description Distribution The distribution of ''Cerithium nodulosum'' includes the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, ال� ...

'' 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

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to the

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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 elegans'' at Museum National d'>Histoire Naturelle, Paris
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Gallery

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Cerithium dalli ''Cerithium'' is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.Gofas, S. (2011). Cerithium Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marin ...

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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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Species

Fossil records

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