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

Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nanopsis*	Cecalupo & Robba, 2010	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Costulopsis*	Cecalupo & Robba, 2019	synonym

Children

Cerithiopsis annae Cecalupo & Buzzurro, 2005
Cerithiopsis atalaya R. B. Watson, 1885
Cerithiopsis barleei Jeffreys, 1867
Cerithiopsis carlottae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018
Cerithiopsis corinae Agamennone & Micali, 2023
Cerithiopsis diadema Monterosato, 1874
Cerithiopsis fayalensis R. B. Watson, 1880
Cerithiopsis greppii Buzzurro & Cecalupo, 2005
Cerithiopsis iudithae Reitano & Buzzurro, 2006
Cerithiopsis jeffreysi R. B. Watson, 1885
Cerithiopsis ladae Prkic & Buzzurro, 2007
Cerithiopsis micalii (Cecalupo & Villari, 1997)
Cerithiopsis minima (Brusina, 1865)
Cerithiopsis nana Jeffreys, 1867
Cerithiopsis nofronii Amati, 1987
Cerithiopsis oculisfictis Prkić & Mariottini, 2010
Cerithiopsis perlata Monterosato, 1889
Cerithiopsis petanii Prkić & Mariottini, 2010
Cerithiopsis pulchresculpta Cachia, Mifsud & Sammut, 2004
Cerithiopsis pulvis (Issel, 1869)
Cerithiopsis scalaris Locard, 1891
Cerithiopsis sliekeri Gofas, Freiwald & L. Hoffman, 2023
Cerithiopsis tarruellasi Peñas & Rolán, 2006
Cerithiopsis tenthrenois (Melvill, 1896)
Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803)

Literature

original description	Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls.
additional source	Cecalupo, A.; Robba, E. (2010). The identity of Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803 and description of one new genus and two new species of the Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea). Bollettino Malacologico. 46: 45-64.
additional source	Marshall, B. A. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5(1): 47-120.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850. 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:137764