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Cerithidea

Cerithidea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.

Species

There used to be three subgenera in the genus Cerithidea: subgenus Cerithea, subgenus Cerithideopsis and subgenus Cerithideopsilla. These have been brought to the status of genus.

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Cerithidea alata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>: synonym of Pirenella alata (Philippi, 1849)
  • Cerithidea albonodosa <small>Gould & Carpenter, 1857</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840)
  • Cerithidea alternata <small>Hutton, 1873</small>: synonym of Batillaria australis <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)</small>
  • Cerithidea bombayana G. B. Sowerby II, 1866: synonym of Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)
  • Cerithidea californica <small>(Haldeman, 1840)</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis californica <small>(Haldeman, 1840)</small>
  • Cerithidea caiyingyai <small>Qian Z.-X., Fang Y.-F. & He J., 2013</small>: synonym of Pirenella caiyingyai (Qian, Fang & He, 2013)
  • Cerithidea cingulata <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsilla cingulata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791
  • Cerithidea cornea <small>A. Adams, 1855</small>: synonym of Cerithidea balteata <small>A. Adams, 1855</small>
  • Cerithidea costata <small>(da Costa, 1778)</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis costata <small>(da Costa, 1778)</small>
  • Cerithidea crassilabrum <small>A. Adams, 1855</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis scalariformis <small>(Say, 1825)</small>
  • Cerithidea dahlakensis <small>Biggs, 1965</small>: synonym of Bittium proteum <small>(Jousseaume, 1931)</small>
  • Cerithidea djadjariensis <small>(K. Martin, 1899)</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis <small>(K. Martin, 1899)</small>
  • Cerithidea fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838): synonym of Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cerithidea fortunei <small>A. Adams, 1855</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis largillierti <small>(Philippi, 1848)</small>
  • Cerithidea fuscata <small>Gould, 1857</small> - this species has probably become extinct in recent times: synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840)
  • Cerithidea hanleyana: synonym of G. B. Sowerby II, 1866: synonym of Cerithideopsis costata (da Costa, 1778)
  • Cerithidea largillierti <small>(Philippi, 1848)</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis largillierti <small>(Philippi, 1848)</small>
  • Cerithidea layardii A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)
  • Cerithidea mazatlanica <small>Carpenter, 1857</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis californica <small>(Haldeman, 1840)</small>
  • Cerithidea microptera <small>(Kiener, 1842)</small>: synonym of Pirenella microptera (Kiener, 1841)
  • Cerithidea montagnei <small>(d'Orbigny, 1841)</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis montagnei <small>(d'Orbigny, 1841)</small>
  • Cerithidea multicostata <small>Schepman, 1919</small>: synonym of Cerithidea anticipata <small>Iredale, 1929</small>
  • Cerithidea mutata <small>Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902</small>: synonym of Batillaria mutata <small>(Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)</small>
  • Cerithidea ornata <small>A. Adams, 1863</small>: synonym of Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855
  • Cerithidea pauxilla <small>A. Adams, 1855</small>: synonym for Varicopeza pauxilla <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>
  • Cerithidea pliculosa <small>(Menke, 1829)</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis pliculosa <small>(Menke, 1829)</small>
  • Cerithidea pulchra <small>(C. B. Adams, 1852)</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis pulchra <small>(C. B. Adams, 1852)</small>
  • Cerithidea quadrata <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1866</small>: synonym of Cerithidea quoyii <small>(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)</small>
  • Cerithidea raricostata <small>A. Adams, 1855</small>: synonym of Cerithidea balteata <small>A. Adams, 1855</small>
  • Cerithidea rollei <small>Kobelt, 1890</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis scalariformis <small>(Say, 1825)</small>
  • Cerithidea scalariformis <small>(Say, 1825)</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis scalariformis <small>(Say, 1825)</small>
  • Cerithidea tenkatei <small>Schepman, 1893</small>: synonym of Terebralia palustris <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
  • Cerithidea valida <small>(C. B. Adams, 1852)</small>: synonym of Cerithideopsis californica <small>(Haldeman, 1840)</small>

References

  • Sowerby, G.B. II (1866) Monograph of the genus Cerithidea. In: Reeve, L.A. (Ed.), Conchologia Iconica. Vol. 15. L.A. Reeve, London, pls 1–4.
  • Oyama, K. (1959) Cerithidea. In: Oyama, K. (Ed.), The Molluscan Shells. Vol. 2. Resources Exploitation Institute, Tokyo
  • Houbrick, R.S. (1984) Revision of higher taxa in genus Cerithidea (Mesogastropoda: Potamididae) based on comparative morphology and biological data. American Malacological Bulletin, 2, 1–20
  • Hasegawa, K. (2000) Family Potamididae. In: Okutani, T., (Ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo
  • Lozouet, P. (2008) Potamididae. In: Poppe, G.T. (Ed.), Philippine Marine Mollusks. Vol. 1. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, pp.&nbsp;284–287
  • Reid, D.G., Claremont, M., Smith, L., Shamoto, M., Glaubrecht, M. & Ozawa, T. (2013) Mosaics in the mangroves: allopatric diversification of tree-climbing mudwhelks (Gastropoda: Potamididae: Cerithidea) in the Indo-West Pacific. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110, 564–580
  • Reid, D.G. (2014) The genus Cerithidea Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region. Zootaxa, 3775 (1), 1–65

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