World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) - Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850

WRiMS taxon details

Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850

AphiaID

137764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137764)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Original name

Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850

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Species Cerithiopsis pulvis (Issel, 1869)
Species Cerithiopsis tenthrenois (Melvill, 1896)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 3(32): pl. OO [1 Aug. 1850]; 3(34): pl. 91 [2 Dec. 1850]; 3(36): 364 [1 Feb. 1851] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137764 on 2026-06-30

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137764 on 2026-06-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2016-01-30 21:47:59Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2016-02-25 18:45:08Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2018-04-22 07:08:52Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-12-15 08:46:06Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 3(32): pl. OO [1 Aug. 1850]; 3(34): pl. 91 [2 Dec. 1850]; 3(36): 364 [1 Feb. 1851] [details]

additional source Marshall, B. A. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5(1): 47-120., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1978.10423744 [details]

additional source Cecalupo, A.; Robba, E. (2010). The identity of Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803 and description of one new genus and two new species of the Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea). Bollettino Malacologico. 46: 45-64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51117396 [details] Available for editors