Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.

Species

Species within this genus include:

• Cerithium abditum Houbrick, 1992

• Cerithium adustum Kiener, 1841

• Cerithium africanum Houbrick, 1992

• Cerithium albolineatum Bozzetti, 2008

• Cerithium alucastrum (Brocchi, 1814)

• Cerithium alutaceum (Gould, 1861)

• Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778)

• Cerithium atromarginatum Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933

• Cerithium balletoni Cecalupo, 2009

• Cerithium balteatum Philippi, 1848

• Cerithium bayeri (Petuch, 2001)

• Cerithium boeticum Pease, 1860

• Cerithium browni (Bartsch, 1928)

• Cerithium buzzurroi Cecalupo, 2005

• Cerithium caeruleum Sowerby, 1855

• † Cerithium calculosum Basterot, 1825

• Cerithium cecalupoi Cossignani, 2004

• Cerithium citrinum Sowerby, 1855

• Cerithium claviforme Schepman, 1907

• Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834

• Cerithium coralium Kiener, 1841

• Cerithium crassilabrum Krauss, 1848

• Cerithium dialeucum Philippi, 1849

• Cerithium eburneum Bruguière, 1792

• Cerithium echinatum Lamarck, 1842

• Cerithium egenum Gould, 1849

• † Cerithium excavatum Brongniart in Cuvier & Brongniart, 1822

• Cerithium flemischi Martin, 1933

• Cerithium gallapaginis G.B. Sowerby, 1855

• Cerithium gemmatum Hinds, 1844

• Cerithium georgianum Pfeffer, 1886

• Cerithium gloriosum Houbrick, 1992

• Cerithium gracilis Philippi, 1836

• Cerithium guinaicum Philippi, 1849

• Cerithium heteroclites Lamarck, 1822

• Cerithium ianthinum Gould, 1849

• Cerithium interstriatum Sowerby, 1855

• Cerithium ivani Cecalupo, 2008

• Cerithium janthinum (Gould, 1849 in 1846–50) : synonym of Cerithium zebrum Kiener, 1841

• Cerithium kobelti Dunker, 1877 : synonym of Cerithium dialeucum Philippi, 1849

• Cerithium kreukelorum van Gemert, 2012

• Cerithium leptocharactum Rehder, 1980

• Cerithium lifuense Melvill & Standen, 1895

• Cerithium lindae Petuch, 1987

• Cerithium lissum Watson, 1880

• Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778)

• Cerithium lividulum Risso, 1826

• Cerithium lorenzi Bozzetti, 2020

• Cerithium lutosum Menke, 1828

• Cerithium maculosum Kiener, 1841

• † Cerithium madreporicola Jousseaume, 1931

• Cerithium madreporicola Jousseaume, 1930

• Cerithium mangrovum Q.-M. Sun & S.-P. Zhang, 2014

• Cerithium matukense Watson, 1886

• Cerithium mediolaeve Carpenter, 1857

• Cerithium menkei Carpenter, 1857

• † Cerithium miocanariensis Martín-González & Vera-Peláez, 2018

• Cerithium moniliferum Kiener, 1842 : synonym of Clypeomorus batillariaeformis Habe & Kosuge, 1966

• Cerithium munitum Sowerby, 1855

• Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832

• Cerithium nesioticum Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906

• Cerithium nicaraguense Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

• Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1792

• Cerithium novaehollandiae Adams in Sowerby, 1855

• Cerithium ophioderma (Habe, 1968)

• Cerithium pacificum Houbrick, 1992

• Cerithium phoxum Watson, 1880

• Cerithium placidum Gould, 1861

• Cerithium protractum Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838

• Cerithium punctatum Bruguière, 1792

• Cerithium rehderi Houbrick, 1992

• Cerithium renovatum Monterosato, 1884

• Cerithium rostratum Sowerby, 1855

• Cerithium rubus Deshayes, 1843: synonym of Cerithium echinatum Lamarck, 1822

• Cerithium rueppelli Philippi, 1848

• † Cerithium rufonodulosum E. A. Smith, 1901

• Cerithium salebrosum Sowerby, 1855

• Cerithium scabridum Philippi, 1848

• Cerithium scobiniforme Houbrick, 1992

• Cerithium spinosum Philippi, 1836

• Cerithium stercumuscarum Valenciennes, 1833

• Cerithium subscalatum Pilsbry, 1904

• † Cerithium taeniagranulosum Lozouet, 1999 †

• Cerithium tenellum Sowerby, 1855

• Cerithium torresi Smith, 1884

• Cerithium torulosum (Linnaeus, 1767)

• Cerithium traillii Sowerby, 1855

• † Cerithium trochleare Lamarck, 1804

• Cerithium tuberculatum (Linnaeus, 1767)

• Cerithium uncinatum (Gmelin, 1791)

• Cerithium virgatum Montfort, 1810 (nomen dubium)

• Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792

• Cerithium zebrum (Kiener, 1841)

• Cerithium zonatum (Wood, 1828)

Fossil records

The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent 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 including:

• Cerithium crenatum from the Pliocene of Italy

• Cerithium elegans Deshayes, 1824

• Cerithium cattleyae Baily, 1856 from Miocene of Crimea and South Russia

Gallery

See also

• Bittium

References

• OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

• A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp

• Houbrick R.S. (1992).

• 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

• 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