Cerithiidae
A large family of marine snails with slender, elongated shells.
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Cerithiidae is a family of gastropods in the class Gastropoda, order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis.[1] The family was established by J. Fleming in 1822.[1] GBIF holds 278,588 occurrence records for this taxon as of 7 October 2026.[2]
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- SubclassCaenogastropoda
- Order''incertae sedis''
- FamilyCerithiidae
Named by Fleming, 1822
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Cerithiidae (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Quick Facts
- Diversity
- 71 extant species of Bittiinae, 114 extant species of Cerithiinae
Facts from the source article.
Biology and range
Members of Cerithiidae live in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.[1] Three subfamilies are recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): Alabininae, Bittiinae, and Cerithiinae.[3] Cerithiinae has synonyms including Rhinoclavinae Gründel, 1982 and Colininae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1987.[3] Bandel (2006) placed Bittiinae at its own family level named Diastomatidae.[4]
Cerithiidae belongs to the superfamily Cerithioidea.[4]
What the specialist sources record
The World Register of Marine Species lists Cerithiidae as accepted at family rank, with AphiaID 128.[1] GBIF Backbone Taxonomy accepts Cerithiidae at family rank, with taxon key 6760.[2] GBIF records the family under kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda, with no order assigned.[2]
References
- World Register of Marine Species, Cerithiidae (AphiaID 128). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Cerithiidae (taxon key 6760). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org
- Wikipedia, "Cerithiidae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Cossmann (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée 7: 64, 137. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cerithiidae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by pr (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Cerithiidae (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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