Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Cerithiidae > Subfamily Cerithiinae

Cerithium Bruguière, 1789

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerithium (Gladiocerithium)*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Cerithium (Hirtocerithium)*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Cerithium (Thericium)*	Monterosato, 1890	synonym
*Cerithium (Vulgocerithium)*	Cossmann, 1895	synonym
*Drillocerithium*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Gladiocerithium*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Gourmierium*	Jousseaume, 1894	synonym
*Hirtocerithium*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Lithocerithium*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Thericium*	Monterosato, 1890	synonym

Children

Cerithium alucastrum (Brocchi, 1814)
Cerithium brongniartii Maravigna, 1840
Cerithium columna G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
Cerithium egenum A. Gould, 1849
Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778)
Cerithium lividulum Risso, 1826
Cerithium nesioticum Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906
Cerithium protractum Bivona, 1838
Cerithium renovatum Monterosato, 1884
Cerithium repandum Monterosato, 1878
Cerithium scabridum R. A. Philippi, 1848
Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792
Thericium minutum (de Serres, 1828)

Literature

original description	Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4].
basis of record	Houbrick, R. S. (1992). Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 510: 1-211.
additional source	Houbrick, R. S. (1974). The genus Cerithium in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 5 (50): 33-84.
subsequent type designation	ICZN. (1978). Opinion 1109. Cerithium Bruguière, [1789] (Gastropoda): Designation of type species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 35 (2): 97-98.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium Bruguière, 1789. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137760