Cerithiella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Newtoniellidae.[1]

Cerithiella
Apertural view of a shell of Cerithiella austrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Newtoniellidae
Genus: Cerithiella
Verrill, 1882
Type species
Cerithium metula
Lovén, 1846
Synonyms[1]
  • Binda Laseron, 1951
  • Cerithiella (Cerithiella) Verrill, 1882
  • Cerithiolinum Locard, 1903
  • Chasteria Iredale, 1915
  • Euseila Cotton, 1951
  • Lovenella G. O. Sars, 1878 (non Hincks, 1869)
  • Newtonia Cossman, 1892 (non Schlegel 1867)
  • Newtoniella Cossman, 1893
  • Stilus Jeffreys, 1885

This genus was described by Verrill in 1882.

Species

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Species in the genus Cerithiella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cerithiella aliceae Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Eumetula aliceae (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
  • Cerithiella bouvieri Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Eumetula bouvieri (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
  • Cerithiella cincta (Thiele, 1912): synonym of Cerithiella antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907)
  • Cerithiella cossmanni Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Krachia cossmanni (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
  • Cerithiella erecta Thiele, 1912: synonym of Cerithiella seymouriana (Strebel, 1908)
  • Cerithiella guernei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Krachia guernei (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
  • Cerithiella lineata Egorova, 1982: synonym of Cerithiella laevis (Thiele, 1912)
  • Cerithiella macrocephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897: synonym of Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846)
  • Cerithiella similis Thiele, 1912: synonym of Cerithiella astrolabiensis (Strebel, 1908)
  • Cerithiella whiteavesi (Verrill, 1880): synonym of Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846)
  • Cerithiella (Cerithiella) tydemani Schepman, 1909: synonym of Pseudovertagus nobilis (Reeve, 1855)

References

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  1. ^ a b Cerithiella at World Register of Marine Species; accessed: 29 May 2012
  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840
  • Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom)
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp