Cerithium
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Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae
, the ceriths.
The genus is known from the Cretaceous
to the Recent periods.
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large family of medium-sized marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Distribution :...
, the ceriths.
The genus is known from the Cretaceous
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the...
to the Recent periods.
Species
Species within this genus include:- Cerithium abditumCerithium abditumCerithium abditum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium abditum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines...
Houbrick, 1992 - Cerithium adustum Kiener, 1841
- Cerithium africanumCerithium africanumCerithium africanum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Houbrick, 1992 - Cerithium albolineatumCerithium albolineatumCerithium albolineatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Bozzetti, 2008 - Cerithium alexandriCerithium alexandriCerithium alexandri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Tomlin, 1923 - Cerithium alucastrumCerithium alucastrumCerithium alucastrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
(Brocchi, 1814) - Cerithium atratumCerithium atratumCerithium atratum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium atratum includes the Western Atlantic.* Brazil * Belize...
(Born, 1778) - Cerithium atromarginatumCerithium atromarginatumCerithium atromarginatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933 - Cerithium balletoniCerithium balletoniCerithium balletoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Cecalupo , 2009 - Cerithium balteatumCerithium balteatumCerithium balteatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium balteatum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines* Indonesia* Guam...
Philippi, 1848 - Cerithium bayeriCerithium bayeriCerithium bayeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
(Petuch, 2001) - Cerithium boeticumCerithium boeticumCerithium boeticum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Pease, 1860 - Cerithium browni (Bartsch, 1928)
- Cerithium buzzurroiCerithium buzzurroiCerithium buzzurroi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium buzzurroi includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines...
Cecalupo, 2005 - Cerithium caeruleumCerithium caeruleumCerithium caeruleum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Sowerby, 1855 - Cerithium cecalupoiCerithium cecalupoiCerithium cecalupoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Cossignani, 2004 - Cerithium citrinumCerithium citrinumCerithium citrinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium citrinum includes the Western Pacific.* Philippines* Australia * Kermadec...
Sowerby, 1855 - Cerithium claviformeCerithium claviformeCerithium claviforme is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium claviforme includes the Western Central Pacific.* Guam...
Schepman, 1907 - Cerithium columnaCerithium columnaCerithium columna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-External links:...
Sowerby, 1834 - Cerithium coraliumCerithium coraliumCerithium coralium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium coralium includes the Indo-West Pacific.* Philippines* Indonesia* Guam...
Kiener, 1841 - Cerithium crassilabrumCerithium crassilabrumCerithium crassilabrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Krauss, 1848 - Cerithium dialeucumCerithium dialeucumCerithium dialeucum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium dialeucum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines* Guam...
Philippi, 1849 - Cerithium eburneumCerithium eburneumCerithium eburneum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium eburneum includes the Western Central Atlantic.* North America* USA...
Bruguière, 1792 - Cerithium echinatumCerithium echinatumCerithium echinatum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Description:This snail's shell has a short siphonal canal. The shell has spiral rows of bumps as well as reddish-brown dashes...
Lamarck, 1842 - Cerithium egenumCerithium egenumCerithium egenum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium egenum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Indonesia* Guam...
Gould, 1849 - Cerithium flemischiCerithium flemischiCerithium flemischi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium flemischi includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines...
Martin, 1933 - Cerithium gallapaginis G.B. Sowerby, 1855
- Cerithium gemmatum Hinds, 1844
- Cerithium georgianumCerithium georgianumCerithium georgianum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Pfeffer, 1886 - Cerithium gloriosumCerithium gloriosumCerithium gloriosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Houbrick, 1992 - Cerithium gracilis Philippi, 1836
- Cerithium guinaicumCerithium guinaicumCerithium guinaicum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Philippi, 1849 - Cerithium heteroclitesCerithium heteroclitesCerithium heteroclites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Lamarck, 1822 - Cerithium ianthinumCerithium ianthinumCerithium ianthinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Gould, 1849 - Cerithium interstriatumCerithium interstriatumCerithium interstriatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium interstriatum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Guam...
Sowerby, 1855 - Cerithium ivaniCerithium ivaniCerithium ivani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Cecalupo, 2008 - Cerithium janthinum (Gould, 1849 in 1846-50) : synonym of Cerithium zebrumCerithium zebrumCerithium zebrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium zebrum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Guam...
Kiener, 1841 - Cerithium kobelti Dunker, 1877 : synonym of Cerithium dialeucumCerithium dialeucumCerithium dialeucum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium dialeucum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines* Guam...
Philippi, 1849 - Cerithium koperbergiCerithium koperbergiCerithium koperbergi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium koperbergi includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines...
Schepman, 1907 - Cerithium leptocharactumCerithium leptocharactumCerithium leptocharactum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Rehder, 1980 - Cerithium lifuenseCerithium lifuenseCerithium lifuense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium lifuense includes the Western Pacific.* Taiwan* Philippines* Indonesia-External links:...
Melvill & Standen, 1895 - Cerithium lindaeCerithium lindaeCerithium lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Petuch, 1987 - Cerithium lissumCerithium lissumCerithium lissum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium lissum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines...
Watson, 1880 - Cerithium litteratumCerithium litteratumCerithium litteratum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium litteratum includes the Western Central Atlantic.* Belize* North America...
(Born, 1778) - Cerithium lividulumCerithium lividulumCerithium lividulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Risso, 1826 - Cerithium lutosumCerithium lutosumCerithium lutosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Menke, 1828 - Cerithium maculosum Kiener, 1841
- Cerithium madreporicolaCerithium madreporicolaCerithium madreporicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium madreporicola includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines...
Jousseaume, 1930 - Cerithium matukenseCerithium matukenseCerithium matukense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Watson, 1886 - Cerithium mediolaeve Carpenter, 1857
- Cerithium moniliferum KienerLouis Charles Kiener- Bibliography :* Kiener L. C. . Genre Pleurotome. . In: “Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 5”. J. B. Baillière. Paris. pp. 17–84....
, 1842 : synonym of Clypeomorus batillariaeformisClypeomorus batillariaeformisClypeomorus batillariaeformis, common name : the Necklace/Channeled Cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.- Distribution :...
Habe & Kosuge, 1966 - Cerithium munitumCerithium munitumCerithium munitum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium munitum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Indonesia* Guam...
Sowerby, 1855 - Cerithium muscarumCerithium muscarumCerithium muscarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium muscarum includes the Western Central Atlantic.* North America* USA...
Say, 1832 - Cerithium nesioticumCerithium nesioticumCerithium nesioticum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906 - Cerithium nicaraguense Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
- Cerithium nodulosumCerithium nodulosumCerithium nodulosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Bruguière, 1792 - Cerithium novaehollandiaeCerithium novaehollandiaeCerithium novaehollandiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Adams in Sowerby, 1855 - Cerithium ophiodermaCerithium ophiodermaCerithium ophioderma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium ophioderma includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines...
(Habe, 1968) - Cerithium pacificumCerithium pacificumCerithium pacificum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium pacificum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines...
Houbrick, 1992 - Cerithium phoxumCerithium phoxumCerithium phoxum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Watson, 1880 - Cerithium placidumCerithium placidumCerithium placidum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Gould, 1861 - Cerithium protractumCerithium protractumCerithium protractum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838 - Cerithium punctatumCerithium punctatumCerithium punctatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium punctatum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Guam...
Bruguière, 1792 - Cerithium rehderiCerithium rehderiCerithium rehderi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Houbrick, 1992 - Cerithium renovatumCerithium renovatumCerithium renovatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Monterosato, 1884 - Cerithium rostratumCerithium rostratumCerithium rostratum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium rostratum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines* Indonesia* Guam...
Sowerby, 1855 - Cerithium rubus Deshayes, 1843 : synonym of Cerithium echinatumCerithium echinatumCerithium echinatum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Description:This snail's shell has a short siphonal canal. The shell has spiral rows of bumps as well as reddish-brown dashes...
Lamarck, 1822 - Cerithium rueppelliCerithium rueppelliCerithium rueppelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Philippi, 1848 - Cerithium salebrosumCerithium salebrosumCerithium salebrosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium salebrosum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Indonesia* Guam...
Sowerby, 1855 - Cerithium scabridumCerithium scabridumCerithium scabridum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea-External links:*...
Philippi, 1848 - Cerithium scobiniformeCerithium scobiniformeCerithium scobiniforme is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium scobiniforme includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines...
Houbrick, 1992 - Cerithium spinosum Philippi, 1836
- Cerithium stercumuscarum Valenciennes, 1833
- Cerithium tenellumCerithium tenellumCerithium tenellum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium tenellum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines* Indonesia...
Sowerby, 1855 - Cerithium torresiCerithium torresiCerithium torresi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
Smith, 1884 - Cerithium torulosumCerithium torulosumCerithium torulosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
(Linnaeus, 1767) - Cerithium trailliiCerithium trailliiCerithium traillii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium traillii includes Indo-Pacific and throughout Southeast Asia.* Philippines* Indonesia* Singapore...
Sowerby, 1855 - Cerithium tuberculatumCerithium tuberculatumCerithium tuberculatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....
(Linnaeus, 1767) - Cerithium uncinatum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Cerithium virgatum Montfort, 1810 (nomen dubium)
- Cerithium vulgatumCerithium vulgatumCerithium vulgatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-References:* Backeljau, T. . Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels,...
Bruguière, 1792 - Cerithium zebrumCerithium zebrumCerithium zebrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium zebrum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Guam...
(Kiener, 1841) - Cerithium zonatumCerithium zonatumCerithium zonatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium zonatum includes the Western Central Pacific.* Philippines* Indonesia* Guam...
(Wood, 1828)