- Cerithidium
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Cerithidium Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade SorbeoconchaSuperfamily: Cerithioidea Family: Cerithiidae Genus: Cerithidium
Monterosato, 1884Type species Bittium submamillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) Synonyms[1] 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 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. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238092 on 9 February 2011.
- ^ Cerithidium actinium Rehder, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473088 on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Cerithidium australiense Thiele, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473089 on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Cerithidium cerithinum (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473090 on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397036 on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Cerithidium liratum Thiele, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473091 on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397037 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
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