African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cerithium rostratum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855

AfReMaS taxon details

Cerithium rostratum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855

AphiaID

216688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216688)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Colina (Ischnocerithium) Thiele, 1929

Parent

Cerithium Bruguière, 1789

Original name

Cerithium rostratum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855

Synonymised names

Cerithium albovaricosum E. A. Smith, 1884 · unaccepted (original combination)

Colina (Ischnocerithium) rostrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) · unaccepted (chresonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Sowerby, G. B. II. (1855). Monograph of the genus Cerithium, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (16): 847–899, pl. 176–186. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076091
page(s): 861, pl. 180, fig. 104 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium rostratum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855. 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216688 on 2026-01-15

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) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Cerithium rostratum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216688 on 2026-01-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-04-30 06:01:06Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-12-13 20:38:55Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-09-15 12:35:07Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-09-07 20:48:34Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Sowerby, G. B. II. (1855). Monograph of the genus Cerithium, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (16): 847–899, pl. 176–186. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076091
page(s): 861, pl. 180, fig. 104 [details]

original description (of Cerithium albovaricosum E. A. Smith, 1884) Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 501, pl. 44, fig. Q. [details]

basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 38 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. Pp. 788-793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]