Cerithidium

Cerithidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Cerithidium; Monterosato, 1884
Type species
	Bittium submamillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854);
Synonyms
	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 liratum Thiele, 1930^[6]
Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886)^[7]

Species brought into synonymy

Cerithidium submamillatum (De Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) : synonym of Bittium submamillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 February 2011.
^ Cerithidium actinium Rehder, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ Cerithidium australiense Thiele, 1930. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ Cerithidium cerithinum (Philippi, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ Cerithidium liratum Thiele, 1930. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ 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
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

External links

Oliverio, Marco (2006). Gastropoda Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana

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[WoRMS-1] 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.

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