Cerithidium

Genus of gastropods

Cerithidium
Shell of † Cerithidium plebeium (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
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

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

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:

  • Cerithidium actinium Rehder, 1980[2]
  • Cerithidium australiense Thiele, 1930[3]
  • Cerithidium cerithinum (Philippi, 1849)[4]
  • Cerithidium californica
  • Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886)[5]
  • Cerithidium fragrans Barnard, 1963
  • Cerithidium fuscum (A. Adams, 1860)
  • Cerithidium liratum Thiele, 1930[6]
  • Cerithidium perminimum (de Boury, 1900)
  • Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886)[7]
  • Cerithidium plebeium Lozouet, 1998
  • Cerithidium submamillatum (De Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
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)

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.
  • Hasegawa K., 1998. A review of recent Japanese species previously assigned to Eufenella and Clathrofenella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 31: 165-186
  • Lozouet, P., 1998. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Cossmanniana 5(3-4): 61-102
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • van Aartsen J.J. (2006). Indo-Pacific migrants into the Mediterranean. 4. Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886) and Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886) (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda). Basteria 70: 33-39
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  • Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
  • Oliverio, Marco (2006). Gastropoda Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana
Taxon identifiers
Cerithidium


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