Cerithidea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithidea Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204619 on 2020-08-01
Species There used to be three subgeneraHoubrick 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. PDF. 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, 1929WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea anticipata Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456550 on 2011-01-28 Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855 † Cerithidea bifurcata Kilburn & Tankard, 1975 Cerithidea charbonnieri (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) Cerithidea decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215142 on 2011-01-28 Cerithidea dohrni (Kobelt, 1890) Cerithidea houbricki Reid, 2014 † Cerithidea kanpokuensis (26 August 2007) Cerithidea kanpokuensis カンポクヘナタリ", accessed 28 January 2011. Cerithidea moerchii (A. Adams, 1855) † Cerithidea nebrascensis (Meek & Hayden, 1856) Cerithidea obtusa (Lamarck, 1822)WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea obtusa (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215141 on 2011-01-28 - type species Cerithidea quoyii (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) Cerithidea reidi Houbrick, 1986 Cerithidea rhizophorarum A. Adams, 1855WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea rhizophorarum A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456560 on 2011-01-28 Cerithidea sinensis (Philippi, 1848) Cerithidea tonkiniana Mabille, 1887 Cerithidea weyersi Dautzenberg, 1899
Species brought into synonymy Cerithidea alata (Philippi, 1849):WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea alata (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456563 on 2011-01-28 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):Inoue K. (2007). "Batillariid and potamidid gastropods from the Middle Miocene Kukinaga Group, Tanegashima Island, southwest Japan, and their paleobiogeographic implications". Paleontological Research 11(3): 277-292. .WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456564 on 2011-01-28 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):WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea microptera (Kiener, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456566 on 2011-01-28 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:WoRMS (2010). Cerithidea ornata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456556 on 2011-01-28 synonym of Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855 Cerithidea pauxilla A. Adams, 1855: synonym for Varicopeza pauxilla (A. Adams, 1855)WoRMS (2010). Varicopeza pauxilla (A. Adams, 1855). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473153 on 2011-01-28 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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