Genus Cerithium Bruguière, 1789
- Cerithium Bruguière, J.G. 1789. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers. Paris : Agasse Vol. 1(1) i-xviii, 757 pp. [xv] [placed on the Official List by Opinion 1109. Cerites [Delamétherie, 1807, Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts, 65: 411], Ceritium [Prévost, 1821, Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts, 92: 427] and Cerythium [Porro, 1840, Note per una bibliografia malacologica, 2: 34] are incorrect subsequent spellings. See also Cerithites and Epitonium Scudder, 1882].
Type species:
Cerithium adansonii Bruguière, 1792 (= Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1789) by subsequent designation (Opinion 1109, 1978, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 35(2): 97; Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des vers, 1: 479). - Thericium Monterosato, T.A. 1890. Conchiglie delle profundità del mare di Palermo. Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di Scienze Naturali. Palermo 9(7): 157-166 [163] [name attributed by Monterosato to Rochebrune MS].
Type species:
Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792 (not Thericium Monterosato, 1890, is Cerithium sensu stricto Bruguière) by original designation. - Conocerithium Sacco, F. 1895. I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte 17. Torino : Clausen 83 pp., 1 pl. [22].
Type species:
Cerithium tauroconicum Sacco, 1895 (not Concerithium Sacco, 1895, is Cerithium sensu stricto Bruguière) by original designation. - Tiaracerithium Sacco, F. 1895. I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte 17. Torino : Clausen 83 pp., 1 pl. [35].
Type species:
Cerithium pseudotiarella d'Orbigny, 1852 (not Tiaracerithium Sacco, 1895; is sensu stricto Bruguière) by original designation. - Contumax Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 1. Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3(7): 395–488, 49 text figs [Date published March 6] [436].
Type species:
Contumax decollatus Hedley, 1899 by original designation. - Semivertagus Cossmann, M. 1889. Catalogue illustre des coquilles fossiles de l"Eocene des environs de Paris. Quatrieme Fascicule. Annales de la Socété Malacologique de Belgique 24: 3-381, pls 1-12 [28] [also published as Cossmann, 1889 [December], Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocène des environs de Paris, Fasc. 4: 94].
Type species:
Cerithium unisulcatum Lamarck, 1804 (not Semivertagus Cossmann, 1880, is Cerithium sensu stricto Bruguière) by original designation. - Ischnocerithium Thiele, J. 1929. Handbuch der Systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 1(Part 1) 376 pp. [212].
Type species:
Colina rostrata Sowerby, 1855 (Adams ms) by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan in tropical and warm temperate waters
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
General References
Houbrick, R.S. 1992. Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 510: 1-211 [4-18]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIIDAE | 09-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 27-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |