Cerithiella

Cerithiella
Cerithiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Newtoniellidae
Genus: Cerithiella
Verrill, 1882
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Cerithiolinum Locard, 1903
  • Lovenella G. O. Sars, 1878 (non Hincks, 1869)
  • Newtonia Cossman, 1892 (non Schlegel 1867)
  • Newtoniella Cossman, 1893

Cerithiella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Newtoniellidae.[1] This genus was described by Verrill in 1882.

Species

Species in the genus Cerithiella include:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Cerithiella whiteavesi (Verrill, 1880) : synonym of Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846)

References

  1. ^ Cerithiella at World Register of Marine Species; accessed : 14 June 2011
  • Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom)
  • 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
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp