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

Cerithium nesioticum Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerithium*	Bruguière, 1789	accepted genus name
*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

Species group names

*Cerithium lacteum*	Kiener, 1841	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithium papillosum*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1855	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithium pusillum*	J. C. Jay, 1850	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithium spiculum*	Hedley, 1899	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithium collacteum*	Iredale, 1929	synonym
*Cerithium voyi*	Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クリムシカニモリ

Literature

original description	Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1906). On some Pacific Cerithiidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 57: 787-789.
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	Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. Pp. 788-793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.
additional source	Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions. 2(4): 281-312.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium nesioticum Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906. 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:139061