Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Triphoroidea > Family Newtoniellidae > Subfamily Newtoniellinae > Genus Cerithiella

Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cerithium Bruguière, 1789

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerithiella*	A. E. Verrill, 1882	accepted genus name
*Lovenella*	G. O. Sars, 1878	junior homonym
*Stilus*	Jeffreys, 1885	synonym

Species group names

*Cerithium gracile*	Jeffreys, 1885	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithium procerum*	Jeffreys, 1877	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithiella hanleyana*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Cerithiella macrocephala*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897	synonym
*Cerithiella whiteavesii*	(A. E. Verrill, 1880)	synonym
*Cerithiopsis bizonalis*	Jeffreys, 1885	synonym
*Cerithium bicinctum*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Cerithium metulatum*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Cerithium nitidum*	Forbes, 1847	synonym
*Lovenella whiteavesii*	A. E. Verrill, 1880	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: obelisksnegl

Literature

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	Nützel, A. (1998). Uber die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe E Palaeobiologie. 26: 1-229 ("1997").
additional source	Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846). 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:139072