Species Cerithium egenum Gould, 1849

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cerithium egenum Gould, A.A. 1849. Dr Gould presented the following descriptions of new shells, brought home by the U.S. Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 118-121, 140-145 [121].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 5571, Wilsons Island, Manihi, Tuamotus.
• Cerithium rarimaculatum Sowerby, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847-899, pls 176-186. [875, pl. 183, fig. 204].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1975625, Debu, Philippines.
• Cerithium strictum 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] [499, fig. 22].

  Type data:

   Holotype C5942, Funafuti Atoll, Ellice Islands.
• Cerithium bavayi Vignal, L. 1902. Descriptions de cerithides nouveaux. Journal de Conchyliologie 49: 303-305 [304, pl. 8, figs 7-8].

  Type data:

   Holotype New Caledonia.
• Cerithium denticulata Vignal, L. 1902. Descriptions de cerithides nouveaux. Journal de Conchyliologie 49: 303-305 [305].

  Type data:

   Holotype New Caledonia.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cerithium (Thericium) egenum Gould, 1849. —
  Rehder, H.A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascura) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289: 1–167 [37, pl. 6, fig. 4]
• Cerithium (Conocerithium) egenum Gould, 1849. —
  Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [113, pl. 6]
• Cerithium (Conocerithium) bavayi Vignal, 1902. —
  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [69, pl. 15, fig. 9]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from Red Sea to Hawaii and Easter Island

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Algal substrate, intertidal, marine, on macroalgae, rubble, sand, tide pools.

 

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 [86-90, figs 55-57]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [121-122, fig. 45 G]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [117, text fig.]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CERITHIOIDEA	09-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
01-Jun-2021	CERITHIIDAE	16-Feb-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		27-Sep-2011	MODIFIED