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 alucastrum (Brocchi, 1814)

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 alucastrum var. ceratina*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Cerithium subnodosum*	A. Adams, 1855	synonym
*Cerithium sykesi*	Brusina, 1904	synonym
*Cerithium sykesi var. pontica*	Milaschewitsch, 1916	synonym
*Cerithium tortuosum*	Locard & Caziot, 1900	synonym
*Cerithium triviale*	Locard & Caziot, 1900	synonym
*Gladiocerithium directum*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Gladiocerithium femoratum*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Gladiocerithium plicornatum*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Gladiocerithium prismaticum*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Gladiocerithium vulneratum*	Monterosato, 1910	synonym
*Murex alucaster*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Σκαλτσίνι Αιγαίου

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	Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVII. (Cerithiidae, Triforidae, Cerithiopsidae e Diastomidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino. 83 pp., 3 pls.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium alucastrum (Brocchi, 1814). 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:139059