Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.[2]
Cerithium Temporal range:
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Two views of a shell of Cerithium echinatum, the "spiny creeper" | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Cerithiidae |
Subfamily: | Cerithiinae |
Genus: | Cerithium Bruguière, 1789[1] |
Type species | |
Cerithium adansonii Bruguière, 1792
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Synonyms | |
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Species within this genus include:
The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent periods (age range: from 221.5 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world. There are about 100 extinct species[4][5] including: