Cerithiella

Cerithiella
Apertural view of a shell of Cerithiella austrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Suborder:	Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Triphoroidea
Family:	Newtoniellidae
Genus:	Cerithiella Verrill, 1882
Type species
Cerithium metula Lovén, 1846
Synonyms[1]
Binda Laseron, 1951 Cerithiella (Cerithiella) Verrill, 1882 Cerithiolinum Locard, 1903 Chasteria Iredale, 1915 Euseila Cotton, 1951 Lovenella G. O. Sars, 1878 (non Hincks, 1869) Newtonia Cossman, 1892 (non Schlegel 1867) Newtoniella Cossman, 1893 Stilus Jeffreys, 1885

Cerithiella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Newtoniellidae.^[1]

This genus was described by Verrill in 1882.

Species[]

Species in the genus Cerithiella include:

Species brought into synonymy

• Cerithiella aliceae Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Eumetula aliceae (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
• Cerithiella bouvieri Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Eumetula bouvieri (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
• Cerithiella cincta (Thiele, 1912): synonym of (E. A. Smith, 1907)
• Cerithiella cossmanni Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Krachia cossmanni (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
• Cerithiella erecta Thiele, 1912: synonym of Cerithiella seymouriana (Strebel, 1908)
• Cerithiella guernei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Krachia guernei (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
• Cerithiella lineata Egorova, 1982: synonym of Cerithiella laevis (Thiele, 1912)
• Cerithiella macrocephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897: synonym of Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846)
• Cerithiella similis Thiele, 1912: synonym of Cerithiella astrolabiensis (Strebel, 1908)
• Cerithiella whiteavesi (Verrill, 1880): synonym of Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846)
• Cerithiella (Cerithiella) tydemani Schepman, 1909: synonym of Pseudovertagus nobilis (Reeve, 1855)

References[]

• Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840
• Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (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)
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

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