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 tubercularis (Montagu, 1803)

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

Species group names

*Cerithiopsis aciculata*	Locard & Caziot, 1900	synonym
*Cerithiopsis tubercularis var. clarkii*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Cerithium acicula*	Brusina, 1865	synonym
*Cerithium pygmaeum*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Murex tubercularis*	Montagu, 1803	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: bruine sponshoren; naaldje

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	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
additional source	Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad. Pt. 2: 116-152.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803). 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:139085