Cerithium

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Cerithioidea

Familia: Cerithiidae
Subfamilia: Cerithiinae
Genus: Cerithium
Species: C. abditum – C. adustum – C. africanum – C. albolineatum – C. alucastrum – C. atratum – C. atromarginatum – C. balletoni – C. balteatum – C. bayeri – C. boeticum – C. browni –C. buzzurroi – C. caeruleum – C. cecalupoi – C. citrinum – C. claviforme – C. columna – C. coralium – C. crassilabrum – C. dialeucum – C. eburneum – C. echinatum – C. egenum – †C. elegans - C. excavatum – C. flemischi – C. gallapaginis – C. gemmatum – C. gloriosum – C. guinaicum – C. heteroclites – C. ianthinum – C. interstriatum – C. ivani – C. kobelti – C. kreukelorum – C. leptocharactum – C. lifuense – C. lindae – C. lissum – C. litteratum – C. lividulum – C. lutosum – C. maculosum – C. madreporicola – C. mangrovum – C. matukense – C. mediolaeve – C. menkei – †C. miocanariensis – C. munitum – C. muscarum – C. nesioticum – C. nicaraguense – C. nodulosum – C. novaehollandiae – C. ophioderma – C. pacificum – C. phoxum – C. placidum – C. protractum – C. punctatum – C. rehderi – C. renovatum – C. rostratum – C. rueppelli – C. rufonodulosum – C. salebrosum – C. scabridum – C. scobiniforme – C. stercumuscarum – C. stigmosum – C. subscalatum – C. tenellum – C. torresi – C. torulosum – C. traillii – C. uncinatum – C. vulgatum – C. zebrum – C. zonatum
Name

Cerithium (Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms

Objective synonyms
Bayericerithium (Petuch, 2001)
Cerithium (Conocerithium) (Sacco, 1895)
Cerithium (Contumax) (Hedley, 1899)
Cerithium (Ischnocerithium) (Thiele, 1929)
Cerithium (Pithocerithium) (Sacco, 1895)
Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) (Sacco, 1895)
Cerithium (Thericium) (Monterosato, 1890)
Gourmya (Gladiocerithium) (Monterosato, 1910)
Semivertagus (Cossmann)
Thericium (Monterosato)
Conocerithium (Sacco, 1895)
Tiaracerithium (Sacco, 1895)
Contumax (Hedley, 1899)
Ischnocerithium (Thiele, 1929)

Genus names in synonymy:

Cerithium (Bittium) = Bittium

Vernacular names
English: Ceriths
français: Cérites
References

Bruguiere, J.-G. 1789–1791. Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle de Vers 1(1): 158–178. (French) BHL Reference page. , page vol. 1(1): xv.
Martín-González, E., Vera-Peláez, J.L., Castillo Ruiz, C. & Lozano-Francisco, M.C. 2018. New fossil gastropod species (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the upper Miocene of the Canary Islands (Spain). Zootaxa 4422(2): 191–218. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.2.3 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Cerithium – Taxon details on Animal Diversity Web (ADW).
Cerithium – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
Cerithium – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Cerithium - Taxon details on iNaturalist.

Cerithium – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
Cerithium – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Cerithium - Taxon details on Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN).

Cerithium – Taxon details on National Biodiversity Network (NBN).
Cerithium – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Cerithium – Taxon details on New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR).
Cerithium – Taxon details on Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (uBio).
Cerithium – Taxon details on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.[2]
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, 2012[3]
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 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 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
See also: List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record
Fossil shells of Cerithium crenatum from Pliocene of Italy

The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent 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[4][5] including:

Cerithium crenatum from the Pliocene of Italy
Cerithium elegans Deshayes, 1824[6]