Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized , marine gastropod in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.[Gofas, S. (2011). Cerithium Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137760 on 2011-10-07]
Species
Species within this genus include:
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Cerithium abditum Houbrick, 1992
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Cerithium adustum Kiener, 1841
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Cerithium africanum Houbrick, 1992
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Cerithium albolineatum Bozzetti, 2008
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Cerithium alucastrum (Brocchi, 1814)
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Cerithium alutaceum (Gould, 1861)
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Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778)
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Cerithium atromarginatum Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
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Cerithium balletoni Cecalupo, 2009
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Cerithium balteatum Philippi, 1848
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Cerithium bayeri (Petuch, 2001)
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Cerithium boeticum Pease, 1860
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Cerithium browni (Bartsch, 1928)
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Cerithium buzzurroi Cecalupo, 2005
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Cerithium caeruleum Sowerby, 1855
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† Cerithium calculosum Basterot, 1825
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Cerithium cecalupoi Cossignani, 2004
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Cerithium citrinum Sowerby, 1855
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Cerithium claviforme Schepman, 1907
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Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834
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Cerithium coralium Kiener, 1841
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Cerithium crassilabrum Krauss, 1848
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Cerithium dialeucum Philippi, 1849
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Cerithium eburneum Bruguière, 1792
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Cerithium echinatum Lamarck, 1842
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Cerithium egenum Gould, 1849
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† Cerithium excavatum Brongniart in Cuvier & Brongniart, 1822
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Cerithium flemischi Martin, 1933
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Cerithium gallapaginis G.B. Sowerby, 1855
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Cerithium gemmatum Hinds, 1844
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Cerithium georgianum Pfeffer, 1886
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Cerithium gloriosum Houbrick, 1992
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Cerithium gracilis Philippi, 1836
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Cerithium guinaicum Philippi, 1849
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Cerithium heteroclites Lamarck, 1822
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Cerithium ianthinum Gould, 1849
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Cerithium interstriatum Sowerby, 1855
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Cerithium ivani Cecalupo, 2008
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Cerithium janthinum (Gould, 1849 in 1846–50) : synonym of Cerithium zebrum Kiener, 1841
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Cerithium kobelti Dunker, 1877 : synonym of Cerithium dialeucum Philippi, 1849
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Cerithium kreukelorum van Gemert, 2012
[van Gemert, L. J. (2012). A new Cerithium from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Cerithiidae). Visaya (5) : 11-14.]
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Cerithium leptocharactum Rehder, 1980
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Cerithium lifuense Melvill & Standen, 1895
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Cerithium lindae Petuch, 1987
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Cerithium lissum Watson, 1880
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Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778)
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Cerithium lividulum Antoine Risso, 1826
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Cerithium lorenzi Bozzetti, 2020
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Cerithium lutosum Menke, 1828
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Cerithium maculosum Kiener, 1841
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† Cerithium madreporicola Jousseaume, 1931
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Cerithium madreporicola Jousseaume, 1930
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Cerithium mangrovum Q.-M. Sun & S.-P. Zhang, 2014
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Cerithium matukense Watson, 1886
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Cerithium mediolaeve Carpenter, 1857
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Cerithium menkei Carpenter, 1857
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† Cerithium miocanariensis Martín-González & Vera-Peláez, 2018
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Cerithium moniliferum Kiener, 1842 : synonym of Clypeomorus batillariaeformis Habe & Kosuge, 1966
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Cerithium munitum Sowerby, 1855
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Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832
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Cerithium nesioticum Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906
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Cerithium nicaraguense Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
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Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1792
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Cerithium novaehollandiae Adams in Sowerby, 1855
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Cerithium ophioderma (Habe, 1968)
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Cerithium pacificum Houbrick, 1992
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Cerithium phoxum Watson, 1880
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Cerithium placidum Gould, 1861
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Cerithium protractum Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838
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Cerithium punctatum Bruguière, 1792
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Cerithium rehderi Houbrick, 1992
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Cerithium renovatum Monterosato, 1884
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Cerithium rostratum Sowerby, 1855
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Cerithium rubus Deshayes, 1843: synonym of Cerithium echinatum Lamarck, 1822
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Cerithium rueppelli Philippi, 1848
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† Cerithium rufonodulosum E. A. Smith, 1901
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Cerithium salebrosum Sowerby, 1855
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Cerithium scabridum Philippi, 1848
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Cerithium scobiniforme Houbrick, 1992
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Cerithium spinosum Philippi, 1836
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Cerithium stercumuscarum Valenciennes, 1833
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Cerithium subscalatum Pilsbry, 1904
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† Cerithium taeniagranulosum Lozouet, 1999 †
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Cerithium tenellum Sowerby, 1855
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Cerithium torresi Smith, 1884
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Cerithium torulosum (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Cerithium traillii Sowerby, 1855
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† Cerithium trochleare Lamarck, 1804
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Cerithium tuberculatum (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Cerithium uncinatum (Gmelin, 1791)
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Cerithium virgatum Montfort, 1810 ( nomen dubium)
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Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792
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Cerithium zebrum (Kiener, 1841)
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Cerithium zonatum (Wood, 1828)
Fossil records
The genus is known from the
Triassic to the
Holocene 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
[ Fossilworks][(in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., .] including:
Gallery
File:Cerithium caeruleum 01.JPG| Cerithium caeruleum
File:Cerithium columna.shell001.jpg| Cerithium columna
File:Cerithium coralium 01.JPG| Cerithium coralium
File:Cerithium dalli SR 02-224 02.jpg| Cerithium dalli
File:Cerithium dialeucum 01.JPG| Cerithium dialeucum
File:Cerithium echinatum.shell001.jpg| Cerithium echinatum
File:Cerithium lifuense.shell001.jpg| Cerithium lifuense
File:Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778) (4311966772).jpg| Cerithium litteratum
File:Cerithium nesioticum.jpg| Cerithium nesioticum
File:Cerithium nodulosum 01.jpg| Cerithium nodulosum
File:Cerithium scabridum01.JPG| Cerithium scabridum
File:Cerithium scobiniforme 001.jpg| Cerithium scobiniforme
File:Cerithium tenellum 002.jpg| Cerithium tenellum
File:Cerithium torulosum.jpg| Cerithium torulosum
File:Cerithium varicosum 01.JPG| Cerithium varicosum
File:Cerithium vulgatum 02.JPG| Cerithium vulgatum
See also
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OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
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Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
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Houbrick R.S. (1992). Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian contributions to Zoology 510: 1-211
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Petuch E. 2001. New Gastropods named for Frederick M. Bayer, in Recognition of his Contributions to Tropical Western Atlantic Malacology. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 10 : 334-343
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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