Cerithidium

Cerithidium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Cerithidium
Shell of † Cerithidium plebeium (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithidium
Monterosato, 1884
Type species
Cerithium submammillatum
de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854
Synonyms[1]
  • Bittium (Cerithidium) Monterosato, 1884
  • Clathrofenella Kuroda & Habe, 1952

The genus has been used as valid for Indo-Pacific species following Hasegawa (1998), on the grounds that it is older than Clathrofenella Kuroda & Habe, 1952. However, the Mediterranean type species is a Bittium, for which reason this generic assignment should be revised. The opinion of Hasegawa (1998) and van Aartsen (2006) is followed here [1]

Species

Species within the genus Cerithidium include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cerithidium pusillum (Jeffreys, 1856): synonym of Bittium submammillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) synonym of Cerithidium submammillatum (De Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
  • Cerithidium reticulatum (A. Adams, 1860): synonym of Cerithidium fuscum (A. Adams, 1860)
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References
  1. Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 February 2011.
  2. Cerithidium actinium Rehder, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  3. Cerithidium australiense Thiele, 1930. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  4. Cerithidium cerithinum (Philippi, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  5. Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  6. Cerithidium liratum Thiele, 1930. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  7. Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.


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