Cerithium

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