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Cerithium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cerithiidae

Scientific name
  
Cerithium

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Subfamily
  
Cerithiinae

Higher classification
  
Cerithiidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Cerithium echinatum, Clypeomorus batillariaeformis

Observing juvenile cerithium vulgatum saronic gulf george moaitis 29 8 2015


Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.

Contents

Cerithium Cerithium Thericium atratum

Species

Species within this genus include:

Fossil records

Cerithium Cerithium egenum

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 including:

  • Cerithium crenatum from the Pliocene of Italy
  • Cerithium elegans Deshayes, 1824

    • Cerithium Cerithium scabridum

    Cerithium FileCerithium varicosum 01JPG Wikimedia Commons

    Cerithium Cerithium Thericium litteratum

    References

    Cerithium Wikipedia
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