Cerithidea

Cerithidea
Cerithidea cingulata (left) and Cerithidea djadjariensis (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Potamididae
Genus:	Cerithidea Swainson, 1840[1]

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

Species

There are three subgenera^[2] in the genus Cerithidea and species within the genus Cerithidea include:

subgenus Cerithidea

• Cerithidea obtusa (Lamarck, 1822)^[3] - type species^[2]
• Cerithidea rhizophorarum A. Adams, 1855^[4][2]

subgenus Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929

• Cerithidea pliculosa (Menke, 1829)^[5] - plicate hornsnail^[6] - type species of subgenus Cerithideopsis^[2]
• Cerithidea scalariformis (Say, 1825)^[7] - ladder hornsnail^[6][2]

subgenus Cerithideopsilla Thiele, 1929 - this subgenus is the most primitive of genus Cerithidea^[2]

• Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)^[8][9] - type species of subgenus Cerithideopsilla^[2]

subgenus ?

• Cerithidea alata (Philippi, 1849)^[10]
• Cerithidea anticipata Iredale, 1929^[11]
• Cerithidea californica (Haldeman, 1840) - California hornsnail^[6]
• Cerithidea costata (E. M. da Costa, 1778)^[12] - costate hornsnail^[6]
• Cerithidea decollata Linnaeus, 1758^[6][13]
• Cerithidea djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1899)^[14]
• Cerithidea fuscata Gould, 1857^[6] - this species has probably become extinct in recent times^[15]
• † Ceruthidea kanpokuensis^[16]
• Cerithidea largillierti (Philippi, 1848)^[17]
• Cerithidea microptera (Kiener, 1842)^[18]
• Cerithidea montagnei (Orbigny, 1839)^[6][19]
• Cerithidea ornata A. Adams, 1863^[20]
• Cerithidea quadrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1866^[21]
• Cerithidea valida (C. B. Adams, 1852)^[6][22]

synonyms:

• Cerithidea pauxilla A. Adams, 1855 is a synonym for Varicopeza pauxilla (A. Adams, 1855)^[23]

References

1. ^ Swainson J. W. (1840). Treat., Malacol. 203: 342.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} 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. PDF.
3. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea obtusa (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215141 on 2011-01-28
4. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea rhizophorarum A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456560 on 2011-01-28
5. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea pliculosa (Menke, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419535 on 2011-01-28
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Cerithidea. ITIS, accessed 28 January 2011.
7. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea scalariformis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419536 on 2011-01-28
8. ^ Inoue K. (2007). "Batillariid and potamidid gastropods from the Middle Miocene Kukinaga Group, Tanegashima Island, southwest Japan, and their paleobiogeographic implications". Paleontological Research 11(3): 277-292. doi:10.2517/1342-8144(2007)11[277:BAPGFT]2.0.CO;2.
9. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456564 on 2011-01-28
10. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea alata (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456563 on 2011-01-28
11. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea anticipata Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456550 on 2011-01-28
12. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea costata (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419534 on 2011-01-28
13. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea decollata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215142 on 2011-01-28
14. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456565 on 2011-01-28
15. ^ Carlton, James T. (1993). "Neoextinctions of Marine Invertebrates". Integrative & Comparative Biology 3 (6): 499–509. doi:10.1093/icb/33.6.499. http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/33/6/499. 
16. ^ (Japanese) (26 August 2007) "Cerithidea kanpokuensis カンポクヘナタリ", accessed 28 January 2011.
17. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea largillierti. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456567 on 2011-01-28
18. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea microptera (Kiener, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456566 on 2011-01-28
19. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea montagnei. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456561 on 2011-01-28
20. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea ornata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456556 on 2011-01-28
21. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea quadrata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456559 on 2011-01-28
22. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea valida (C.B. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456562 on 2011-01-28
23. ^ WoRMS (2010). Varicopeza pauxilla (A. Adams, 1855). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473153 on 2011-01-28

External links

• Cerithidea at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.