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 vulgatum Bruguière, 1792

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 provinciale*	Locard, 1886	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithium vulgatum var. spinosa*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Cerithium aluchensis*	Brusina, 1870	synonym
*Cerithium bourguignati*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Cerithium compositum*	Locard & Caziot, 1900	synonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithium gracilis*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Cerithium inscriptum*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Cerithium nanum*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Cerithium pallaryi*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Cerithium payraudeauti*	Gaglini, 1992	synonym
*Cerithium rupestre*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Cerithium servaini*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Cerithium spinosum*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Cerithium subvulgatum*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. grandis*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. hirta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. incrassata*	A. Koch & Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. longissima*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. mutica*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. octogenaria*	Monterosato, 1917	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. plicata*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. punica*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. seminuda*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. spinagracilis*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. spinosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Cerithium vulgatum var. tuberculata*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Hirtocerithium pugioniferum*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Murex aluchensis*	Nardo, 1847	synonym
*Murex alucoides*	Olivi, 1792	synonym
*Thericium caputornatum*	F. Nordsieck, 1982	synonym
*Thericium cazioti*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Thericium kobelti*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Thericium minutum multispinosum*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Thericium nigronodosum*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Thericium provinciale*	(Locard, 1886)	synonym
*Thericium provinciale lusitanicum*	F. Nordsieck, 1974	synonym
*Thericium vulgatum*	(Bruguière, 1792)	synonym

Children

Cerithium vulgatum mazaravallensis Cecalupo, 2003

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kërmilli karficë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: common cerith; European cerith sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gemeine Hornschnecke; Gemeine Nadelschnecke; Gemeine Seenadel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Κέρατο; Σκαλτσίνι; Στριφτάρι

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	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 vulgatum Bruguière, 1792. 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:139066