Cerithidium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae.
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
Species
Species within the genus Cerithidium include:
- Cerithidium actinium <small>Rehder, 1980</small>
- Cerithidium australiense <small>Thiele, 1930</small>
- Cerithidium cerithinum <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Cerithidium californica
- Cerithidium diplax <small>(Watson, 1886)</small>
- â Cerithidium fragrans <small>Barnard, 1963</small>
- Cerithidium fuscum <small>(A. Adams, 1860)</small>
- Cerithidium liratum <small>Thiele, 1930</small>
- â Cerithidium perminimum <small>(de Boury, 1900)</small>
- Cerithidium perparvulum <small>(Watson, 1886)</small>
- â Cerithidium plebeium <small>Lozouet, 1998</small>
- Cerithidium submamillatum <small>(De Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Cerithidium pusillum <small>(Jeffreys, 1856)</small>: synonym of Bittium submammillatum <small>(de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)</small> synonym of Cerithidium submammillatum <small>(De Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)</small>
- Cerithidium reticulatum <small>(A. Adams, 1860)</small>: synonym of Cerithidium fuscum <small>(A. Adams, 1860)</small>
References
- 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. 180âÂÂ213
- 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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