Cerithidea

Cerithidea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.

Cerithidea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.

Species

There used to be three subgenera in the genus Cerithidea: subgenus Cerithea, subgenus Cerithideopsis and subgenus Cerithideopsilla. These have been brought to the status of genus. Cerithidea andamanensis Reid, 2014 Cerithidea anticipata Iredale, 1929 Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855 † Cerithidea bifurcata Kilburn & Tankard, 1975 Cerithidea charbonnieri (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) Cerithidea decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerithidea dohrni (Kobelt, 1890) Cerithidea houbricki Reid, 2014 † Cerithidea kanpokuensis Cerithidea moerchii (A. Adams, 1855) † Cerithidea nebrascensis (Meek & Hayden, 1856) Cerithidea obtusa (Lamarck, 1822) - type species Cerithidea quoyii (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) Cerithidea reidi Houbrick, 1986 Cerithidea rhizophorarum A. Adams, 1855 Cerithidea sinensis (Philippi, 1848) Cerithidea tonkiniana Mabille, 1887 Cerithidea weyersi Dautzenberg, 1899 Species brought into synonymy: Cerithidea alata (Philippi, 1849) : synonym of Pirenella alata (Philippi, 1849) Cerithidea albonodosa Gould & Carpenter, 1857 : synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840) Cerithidea alternata Hutton, 1873 : synonym of Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Cerithidea bombayana G. B. Sowerby II, 1866: synonym of Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829) Cerithidea californica (Haldeman, 1840) : synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840) Cerithidea caiyingyai Qian Z.-X., Fang Y.-F. & He J., 2013 : synonym of Pirenella caiyingyai (Qian, Fang & He, 2013) Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of Cerithideopsilla cingulata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791 Cerithidea cornea A. Adams, 1855 : synonym of Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855 Cerithidea costata (da Costa, 1778) : synonym of Cerithideopsis costata (da Costa, 1778) Cerithidea crassilabrum A. Adams, 1855 : synonym of Cerithideopsis scalariformis (Say, 1825) Cerithidea dahlakensis Biggs, 1965 : synonym of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1931) Cerithidea djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1899) : synonym of Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1899) Cerithidea fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838): synonym of Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791) Cerithidea fortunei A. Adams, 1855 : synonym of Cerithideopsis largillierti (Philippi, 1848) Cerithidea fuscata Gould, 1857 - this species has probably become extinct in recent times: synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840) Cerithidea hanleyana: synonym of G. B. Sowerby II, 1866: synonym of Cerithideopsis costata (da Costa, 1778) Cerithidea largillierti (Philippi, 1848) : synonym of Cerithideopsis largillierti (Philippi, 1848) Cerithidea layardii A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829) Cerithidea mazatlanica Carpenter, 1857 : synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840) Cerithidea microptera (Kiener, 1842) : synonym of Pirenella microptera (Kiener, 1841) Cerithidea montagnei (d'Orbigny, 1841) : synonym of Cerithideopsis montagnei (d'Orbigny, 1841) Cerithidea multicostata Schepman, 1919 : synonym of Cerithidea anticipata Iredale, 1929 Cerithidea mutata Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902 : synonym of Batillaria mutata (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902) Cerithidea ornata A. Adams, 1863 : synonym of Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855 Cerithidea pauxilla A. Adams, 1855 : synonym for Varicopeza pauxilla (A. Adams, 1855) Cerithidea pliculosa (Menke, 1829) : synonym of Cerithideopsis pliculosa (Menke, 1829) Cerithidea pulchra (C. B. Adams, 1852) : synonym of Cerithideopsis pulchra (C. B. Adams, 1852) Cerithidea quadrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 : synonym of Cerithidea quoyii (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) Cerithidea raricostata A. Adams, 1855 : synonym of Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855 Cerithidea rollei Kobelt, 1890 : synonym of Cerithideopsis scalariformis (Say, 1825) Cerithidea scalariformis (Say, 1825) : synonym of Cerithideopsis scalariformis (Say, 1825) Cerithidea tenkatei Schepman, 1893 : synonym of Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) Cerithidea valida (C. B. Adams, 1852) : synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840)

References

Sowerby, G.B. II (1866) Monograph of the genus Cerithidea. In: Reeve, L.A. (Ed.), Conchologia Iconica. Vol. 15. L.A. Reeve, London, pls 1–4. Oyama, K. (1959) Cerithidea. In: Oyama, K. (Ed.), The Molluscan Shells. Vol. 2. Resources Exploitation Institute, Tokyo Houbrick, R.S. (1984) Revision of higher taxa in genus Cerithidea (Mesogastropoda: Potamididae) based on comparative morphology and biological data. American Malacological Bulletin, 2, 1–20 Hasegawa, K. (2000) Family Potamididae. In: Okutani, T., (Ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo Lozouet, P. (2008) Potamididae. In: Poppe, G.T. (Ed.), Philippine Marine Mollusks. Vol. 1. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, pp. 284–287 Reid, D.G., Claremont, M., Smith, L., Shamoto, M., Glaubrecht, M. & Ozawa, T. (2013) Mosaics in the mangroves: allopatric diversification of tree-climbing mudwhelks (Gastropoda: Potamididae: Cerithidea) in the Indo-West Pacific. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110, 564–580 Reid, D.G. (2014) The genus Cerithidea Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region. Zootaxa, 3775 (1), 1–65

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