Cerithium
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Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 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 abditum
    Cerithium abditum
    Cerithium 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 africanum
    Cerithium africanum
    Cerithium africanum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Houbrick, 1992
  • Cerithium albolineatum
    Cerithium albolineatum
    Cerithium albolineatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Bozzetti, 2008
  • Cerithium alexandri
    Cerithium alexandri
    Cerithium alexandri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Tomlin, 1923
  • Cerithium alucastrum
    Cerithium alucastrum
    Cerithium alucastrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Cerithium atratum
    Cerithium atratum
    Cerithium 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 atromarginatum
    Cerithium atromarginatum
    Cerithium atromarginatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
  • Cerithium balletoni
    Cerithium balletoni
    Cerithium balletoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Cecalupo , 2009
  • Cerithium balteatum
    Cerithium balteatum
    Cerithium 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 bayeri
    Cerithium bayeri
    Cerithium bayeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    (Petuch, 2001)
  • Cerithium boeticum
    Cerithium boeticum
    Cerithium boeticum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Pease, 1860
  • Cerithium browni (Bartsch, 1928)
  • Cerithium buzzurroi
    Cerithium buzzurroi
    Cerithium 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 caeruleum
    Cerithium caeruleum
    Cerithium caeruleum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Sowerby, 1855
  • Cerithium cecalupoi
    Cerithium cecalupoi
    Cerithium cecalupoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Cossignani, 2004
  • Cerithium citrinum
    Cerithium citrinum
    Cerithium 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 claviforme
    Cerithium claviforme
    Cerithium 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 columna
    Cerithium columna
    Cerithium columna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-External links:...

    Sowerby, 1834
  • Cerithium coralium
    Cerithium coralium
    Cerithium 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 crassilabrum
    Cerithium crassilabrum
    Cerithium crassilabrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Krauss, 1848
  • Cerithium dialeucum
    Cerithium dialeucum
    Cerithium 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 eburneum
    Cerithium eburneum
    Cerithium 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 echinatum
    Cerithium echinatum
    Cerithium 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 egenum
    Cerithium egenum
    Cerithium 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 flemischi
    Cerithium flemischi
    Cerithium 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 georgianum
    Cerithium georgianum
    Cerithium georgianum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Pfeffer, 1886
  • Cerithium gloriosum
    Cerithium gloriosum
    Cerithium gloriosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Houbrick, 1992
  • Cerithium gracilis Philippi, 1836
  • Cerithium guinaicum
    Cerithium guinaicum
    Cerithium guinaicum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Philippi, 1849
  • Cerithium heteroclites
    Cerithium heteroclites
    Cerithium heteroclites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Lamarck, 1822
  • Cerithium ianthinum
    Cerithium ianthinum
    Cerithium ianthinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Gould, 1849
  • Cerithium interstriatum
    Cerithium interstriatum
    Cerithium 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 ivani
    Cerithium ivani
    Cerithium 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 zebrum
    Cerithium zebrum
    Cerithium 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 dialeucum
    Cerithium dialeucum
    Cerithium 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 koperbergi
    Cerithium koperbergi
    Cerithium 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 leptocharactum
    Cerithium leptocharactum
    Cerithium leptocharactum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Rehder, 1980
  • Cerithium lifuense
    Cerithium lifuense
    Cerithium 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 lindae
    Cerithium lindae
    Cerithium lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Petuch, 1987
  • Cerithium lissum
    Cerithium lissum
    Cerithium 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 litteratum
    Cerithium litteratum
    Cerithium 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 lividulum
    Cerithium lividulum
    Cerithium lividulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Risso, 1826
  • Cerithium lutosum
    Cerithium lutosum
    Cerithium lutosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Menke, 1828
  • Cerithium maculosum Kiener, 1841
  • Cerithium madreporicola
    Cerithium madreporicola
    Cerithium 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 matukense
    Cerithium matukense
    Cerithium matukense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Watson, 1886
  • Cerithium mediolaeve Carpenter, 1857
  • Cerithium moniliferum Kiener
    Louis 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 batillariaeformis
    Clypeomorus batillariaeformis
    Clypeomorus 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 munitum
    Cerithium munitum
    Cerithium 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 muscarum
    Cerithium muscarum
    Cerithium 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 nesioticum
    Cerithium nesioticum
    Cerithium nesioticum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906
  • Cerithium nicaraguense Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
  • Cerithium nodulosum
    Cerithium nodulosum
    Cerithium nodulosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Bruguière, 1792
  • Cerithium novaehollandiae
    Cerithium novaehollandiae
    Cerithium novaehollandiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Adams in Sowerby, 1855
  • Cerithium ophioderma
    Cerithium ophioderma
    Cerithium 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 pacificum
    Cerithium pacificum
    Cerithium 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 phoxum
    Cerithium phoxum
    Cerithium phoxum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Watson, 1880
  • Cerithium placidum
    Cerithium placidum
    Cerithium placidum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Gould, 1861
  • Cerithium protractum
    Cerithium protractum
    Cerithium protractum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838
  • Cerithium punctatum
    Cerithium punctatum
    Cerithium 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 rehderi
    Cerithium rehderi
    Cerithium rehderi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Houbrick, 1992
  • Cerithium renovatum
    Cerithium renovatum
    Cerithium renovatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Monterosato, 1884
  • Cerithium rostratum
    Cerithium rostratum
    Cerithium 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 echinatum
    Cerithium echinatum
    Cerithium 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 rueppelli
    Cerithium rueppelli
    Cerithium rueppelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Philippi, 1848
  • Cerithium salebrosum
    Cerithium salebrosum
    Cerithium 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 scabridum
    Cerithium scabridum
    Cerithium 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 scobiniforme
    Cerithium scobiniforme
    Cerithium 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 tenellum
    Cerithium tenellum
    Cerithium 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 torresi
    Cerithium torresi
    Cerithium torresi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    Smith, 1884
  • Cerithium torulosum
    Cerithium torulosum
    Cerithium torulosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

    (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cerithium traillii
    Cerithium traillii
    Cerithium 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 tuberculatum
    Cerithium tuberculatum
    Cerithium 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 vulgatum
    Cerithium vulgatum
    Cerithium 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 zebrum
    Cerithium zebrum
    Cerithium 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 zonatum
    Cerithium zonatum
    Cerithium 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)
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