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 protractum Bivona, 1838

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 elegantulum*	Coen, 1925	junior homonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. gracilis*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Cerithium haustellum*	Monterosato, 1903	synonym
*Cerithium stenodeum*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. angustissima*	Weinkauff, 1868	synonym
*Drillocerithium argutum*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Drillocerithium delphinum*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Drillocerithium marosticum*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Gourmya argutum*	(Monterosato, 1910)	synonym

Literature

original description	Bivona, And. (1838). Generi et specie di molluschi descritti dal Barone Antonio Bivona e Bernardi. Lavori postumi pubblicati dal figlio Andrea dottore in medicina con note ed aggiunte. Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per la Sicilia. 61: 211-227 [stated date March 1838]; 63: 319-324 [stated date September 1838] [also as reprint, 16 pp, 1 pl., tipografia del Giornale Letterario, Palermo].
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium protractum Bivona, 1838. 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:139063