African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cerithiidae J. Fleming, 1822

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Cerithiidae J. Fleming, 1822

AphiaID

128 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Cerithioidea J. Fleming, 1822

Original name

Cerithiidae J. Fleming, 1822

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Subfamily Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906
1. Genus Alabina Dall, 1902
2. Genus Argyropeza Melvill & Standen, 1901
3. Genus Bittium Leach, 1847
4. Genus Cacozeliana Strand, 1928
5. Genus Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884
6. Genus Dahlakia H. E. J. Biggs, 1971
7. Genus Varicopeza Gründel, 1976
Subfamily Cerithiinae J. Fleming, 1822
1. Genus Cerithium Bruguière, 1789
2. Genus Clypeomorus Jousseaume, 1888
3. Genus Colina H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
4. Genus Pseudovertagus Vignal, 1904
5. Genus Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840
6. Genus Royella Iredale, 1912
7. Genus Thericium Monterosato, 1890
8. Genus Vertagus Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840 (invalid: junior homonym of Vertagus Link, 1807)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. Edinburgh Vol. 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157
page(s): 491; note: as family Cerithiadae [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithiidae J. Fleming, 1822. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128 on 2025-11-14

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Cerithiidae J. Fleming, 1822. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128 on 2025-11-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2006-03-21 08:10:26Z

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Wambiji, Nina

2006-03-21 17:40:17Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-04-30 06:57:51Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-06-28 15:14:47Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. Edinburgh Vol. 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157
page(s): 491; note: as family Cerithiadae [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerithiidae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To NHMUK collection (Cerithiidae Ferussac, 1819; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8611416)
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To NHMUK collection (Cerithiidae Ferussac, 1819; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8611416)

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