Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Triphoroidea > Family Cerithiopsidae > Genus Cerithiopsis

Cerithiopsis atalaya R. B. Watson, 1885

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerithiopsis*	Forbes & Hanley, 1850	accepted genus name
*Nanopsis*	Cecalupo & Robba, 2010	junior homonym
*Costulopsis*	Cecalupo & Robba, 2019	synonym

Literature

original description	Watson, R. B. (1885). On the Cerithiopsides from the Eastern side of the North Atlantic with three new species from Madeira. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 19 (109): 89-95.
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.
additional source	Pimenta, A. D.; Garofalo, R. de Souza Faria; Figueira, R. M. Andrade; Fernandes, M. R. (2024). Unraveling another of the 'Big Fiveʹ: new species and records of Cerithiopsidae from Brazil (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea). Zootaxa. 5494(1): 1-71.
subsequent type designation	Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsis atalaya R. B. Watson, 1885. 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:139073