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Cerithiidae Fleming, 1822 
AphiaID: 128

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Cerithioidea
Source  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch spitshorens  [details]
French cérithiidés  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906
  » Genus Argyropeza Melvill & Standen, 1901
» Genus Bittiolum Cossmann, 1906
» Genus Bittium Gray, 1847
» Genus Cacozeliana Strand, 1928
» Genus Cassiella Gofas, 1987
» Genus Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884
» Genus Ittibittium Houbrick, 1993
» Genus Lirobittium Bartsch, 1911
» Genus Stylidium Dall, 1907
» Genus Varicopeza Gründel, 1976
» Genus Zebittium Finlay, 1926
» Genus Cacozelia Iredale, 1924 accepted as Cacozeliana Strand, 1928
» Genus Clathrofenella Kuroda & Habe, 1954 accepted as Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884
» Genus Dahlakia Biggs, 1971 accepted as Bittium Gray, 1847
» Genus Pasithea I. Lea, 1833 accepted as Bittiolum Cossmann, 1906
Subfamily Cerithiinae
  » Genus Alabina Dall, 1902
» Genus Cerithioclava Olsson & Harbison, 1953
» Genus Cerithium Bruguière, 1789
» Genus Clavocerithium Cossmann, 1920
» Genus Clypeomorus Jousseaume, 1888
» Genus Colina H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
» Genus Fastigiella Reeve, 1848
» Genus Gourmya Bayle, 1884
» Genus Liocerithium Tryon, 1887
» Genus Pseudovertagus Vignal, 1904
» Genus Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840
» Genus Royella Iredale, 1912
» Genus Bayericerithium Petuch, 2001 accepted as Cerithium Bruguière, 1789
» Genus Clava Fabricius, 1823 accepted as Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840
» Genus Contumax Hedley, 1899 accepted as Cerithium Bruguière, 1789
» Genus Liocerithium Sacco, 1894 accepted as Liocerithium Tryon, 1887
» Genus Ochetoclava Woodring, 1928 accepted as Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840
» Genus Proclava Thiele, 1929 accepted as Rhinoclavis (Proclava) Thiele, 1929
» Genus Thericium Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Cerithium Bruguière, 1789
» Genus Vertagus Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: Some authors e.g. Verstraelen (1996), Pelseneer (1881b ) and Vonck (1933) mention Cerithium vulgatum (Bruguière, 1792) as being part of this family. These authors probably confused Cerithium vulgatum with Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803) which can be found at the Belgian coast. Cerithium vulgatum on the other hand is a Mediterranean species which till now does not seem to occur at the French and British coasts. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2006-03-21 08:10:26Z  changed  Wambiji, Nina
2006-03-21 17:40:17Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-30 06:57:51Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Cerithiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128 on 2013-05-22
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