''Cerithidea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of 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 or mud snails,
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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Potamididae
''Potamididae'', common name potamidids (also known as horn snails or mudwhelks) are a family (biology), family of small to large brackish water snails that live on mud flats, mangroves and similar habitats. They are amphibious gastropod mollusc ...
, the horn snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithidea Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204619 on 2020-08-01]
Species
There used to be three subgenera
[Houbrick R. S. (1984). "Revision of higher taxa in genus ''Cerithidea'' (Mesogastropoda: Potamididae) based on comparative morphology and biological data". '' American Malacological Bulletin'' 2: 1-20]
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in the genus ''Cerithidea'': subgenus ''Cerithea'', subgenus ''
Cerithideopsis'' and subgenus ''
Cerithideopsilla''. These have been brought to the status of genus.
* ''
Cerithidea andamanensis''
Reid, 2014
* ''
Cerithidea anticipata''
Iredale, 1929
* ''
Cerithidea balteata''
A. Adams, 1855
* † ''
Cerithidea bifurcata''
Kilburn & Tankard, 1975
* ''
Cerithidea charbonnieri''
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
* ''
Cerithidea decollata''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Cerithidea dohrni''
(Kobelt, 1890)
* ''
Cerithidea houbricki''
Reid, 2014
* † ''
Ceruthidea kanpokuensis''
* ''
Cerithidea moerchii''
(A. Adams, 1855)
* † ''
Cerithidea nebrascensis''
(Meek & Hayden, 1856)
* ''
Cerithidea obtusa''
(Lamarck, 1822) - type species
* ''
Cerithidea quoyii''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
* ''
Cerithidea reidi''
Houbrick, 1986
* ''
Cerithidea rhizophorarum''
A. Adams, 1855
* ''
Cerithidea sinensis''
(Philippi, 1848)
* ''
Cerithidea tonkiniana''
Mabille, 1887
* ''
Cerithidea weyersi''
Dautzenberg, 1899
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cerithidea alata''
(Philippi, 1849): synonym of ''
Pirenella alata'' (Philippi, 1849)
* ''Cerithidea albonodosa''
Gould & Carpenter, 1857: synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis californica'' (Haldeman, 1840)
* ''Cerithidea alternata''
Hutton, 1873: synonym of ''
Batillaria australis''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* ''Cerithidea bombayana'' G. B. Sowerby II, 1866: synonym of ''
Pirenella conica'' (Blainville, 1829)
* ''Cerithidea californica''
(Haldeman, 1840): synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis californica''
(Haldeman, 1840)
* ''Cerithidea caiyingyai''
Qian Z.-X., Fang Y.-F. & He J., 2013: synonym of ''
Pirenella caiyingyai'' (Qian, Fang & He, 2013)
* ''Cerithidea cingulata''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''Cerithideopsilla cingulata'' (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as ''
Pirenella cingulata'' (Gmelin, 1791
* ''Cerithidea cornea''
A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''
Cerithidea balteata''
A. Adams, 1855
* ''Cerithidea costata''
(da Costa, 1778): synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis costata''
(da Costa, 1778)
* ''Cerithidea crassilabrum''
A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis scalariformis''
(Say, 1825)
* ''Cerithidea dahlakensis''
Biggs, 1965: synonym of ''
Bittium proteum''
(Jousseaume, 1931)
* ''Cerithidea djadjariensis''
(K. Martin, 1899): synonym of ''
Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis''
(K. Martin, 1899)
* ''Cerithidea fluviatilis'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1838): synonym of ''
Pirenella cingulata'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cerithidea fortunei''
A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis largillierti''
(Philippi, 1848)
* ''Cerithidea fuscata''
Gould, 1857 - this species has probably become extinct in recent times: synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis californica'' (Haldeman, 1840)
* ''Cerithidea hanleyana'': synonym of G. B. Sowerby II, 1866: synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis costata'' (da Costa, 1778)
* ''Cerithidea largillierti''
(Philippi, 1848): synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis largillierti''
(Philippi, 1848)
* ''Cerithidea layardii'' A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''
Pirenella conica'' (Blainville, 1829)
* ''Cerithidea mazatlanica''
Carpenter, 1857: synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis californica''
(Haldeman, 1840)
* ''Cerithidea microptera''
(Kiener, 1842): synonym of ''
Pirenella microptera'' (Kiener, 1841)
* ''Cerithidea montagnei''
(d'Orbigny, 1841): synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis montagnei''
(d'Orbigny, 1841)
* ''Cerithidea multicostata''
Schepman, 1919: synonym of ''
Cerithidea anticipata''
Iredale, 1929
* ''Cerithidea mutata''
Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902: synonym of ''
Batillaria mutata''
(Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)
* ''Cerithidea ornata''
A. Adams, 1863: synonym of ''
Cerithidea balteata'' A. Adams, 1855
* ''Cerithidea pauxilla''
A. Adams, 1855: synonym for ''
Varicopeza pauxilla''
(A. Adams, 1855)[WoRMS (2010). ''Varicopeza pauxilla'' (A. Adams, 1855). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473153 on 2011-01-28]
* ''Cerithidea pliculosa''
(Menke, 1829): synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis pliculosa''
(Menke, 1829)
* ''Cerithidea pulchra''
(C. B. Adams, 1852): synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis pulchra''
(C. B. Adams, 1852)
* ''Cerithidea quadrata''
G. B. Sowerby II, 1866: synonym of ''
Cerithidea quoyii''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
* ''Cerithidea raricostata''
A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''
Cerithidea balteata''
A. Adams, 1855
* ''Cerithidea rollei''
Kobelt, 1890: synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis scalariformis''
(Say, 1825)
* ''Cerithidea scalariformis''
(Say, 1825): synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis scalariformis''
(Say, 1825)
* ''Cerithidea tenkatei''
Schepman, 1893: synonym of ''
Terebralia palustris
''Terebralia palustris'', common name, commonly known as the giant mangrove whelk, is a species of brackish-water snail, a mollusk in the family Potamididae. This tropical species which inhabits mangrove environments of the Indo-West Pacific reg ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''Cerithidea valida''
(C. B. Adams, 1852): synonym of ''
Cerithideopsis californica''
(Haldeman, 1840)
References
* Sowerby, G.B. II (1866) ''Monograph of the genus Cerithidea''. In: Reeve, L.A. (Ed.), Conchologia Iconica. Vol. 15. L.A. Reeve, London, pls 1–4.
* Oyama, K. (1959) ''Cerithidea''. In: Oyama, K. (Ed.), The Molluscan Shells. Vol. 2. Resources Exploitation Institute, Tokyo
* Houbrick, R.S. (1984) ''Revision of higher taxa in genus Cerithidea (Mesogastropoda: Potamididae) based on comparative morphology and biological data''. American Malacological Bulletin, 2, 1–20
* Hasegawa, K. (2000) ''Family Potamididae''. In: Okutani, T., (Ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo
* Lozouet, P. (2008) ''Potamididae''. In: Poppe, G.T. (Ed.), Philippine Marine Mollusks. Vol. 1. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, pp. 284–287
* Reid, D.G., Claremont, M., Smith, L., Shamoto, M., Glaubrecht, M. & Ozawa, T. (2013) ''Mosaics in the mangroves: allopatric diversification of tree-climbing mudwhelks (Gastropoda: Potamididae: Cerithidea) in the Indo-West Pacific''. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110, 564–580
Reid, D.G. (2014) The genus Cerithidea Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region. Zootaxa, 3775 (1), 1–65
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