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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Not assigned
Family: Cerithiidae ceriths

Genus: Cerithium

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69 species (see list below)
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Cerithium abditum
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Cerithium adansonii
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Cerithium alucastrum
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Cerithium alutaceum
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Cerithium alveolus
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Cerithium amirantium
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 5 cm ShL
Cerithium atratum(Born, 1778)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium atratum
[Dark cerith]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.

Cerithium atromarginatumDeshayes, 1828

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Cerithium atromarginatum
[Black lipped cerith]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific.

Cerithium balteatumPhilippi, 1848

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium balteatum
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Max. Length 2.4 cm DL
 
Cerithium bayeri
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Cerithium boeticum
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Cerithium buzzurroi
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Cerithium caeruleum
[Cerithium snail]
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Cerithium caribbaeum
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Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 5 cm ShH
Cerithium citrinumSowerby, 1855

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium citrinum
[Yellow cerith]
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Cerithium claviforme
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Rule, Roger

Indo-Pacific.

Cerithium columnaSowerby, 1834

Photo by Rule, Roger
 
Cerithium columna
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FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Cerithium coraliumKiener, 1841

Photo by FAO
 
Cerithium coralium
[Coral cerith]
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Cerithium dialeucum
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 4.3 cm NG
Cerithium eburneumBruguiere, 1792

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium eburneum
[Ivory cerith]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 8 cm SHL
Cerithium echinatumLamarck, 1822

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium echinatum
[Spinose cerith]
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Cerithium egenum
[Needle snail]
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Cerithium flemischi
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Cerithium gemmatum
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 4.5 cm ShL
Cerithium guinaicumPhilippi, 1849

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium guinaicum
[Guinea cerith]
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Cerithium interstriatum
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Max. Length 3.5 cm ShH
 
Cerithium kobelti
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Cerithium koperbergi
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Cerithium leptocharactum
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Max. Length 3.5 cm ShH
 
Cerithium lifuense
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Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Cerithium lindae
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Cerithium lissum
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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Central Pacific a
Max. Length 3.4 cm NG
Cerithium litteratum(Born, 1778)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium litteratum
[Stocky cerith]
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Cerithium lividulum
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 2 cm NG
Cerithium lutosumMenke, 1828

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium lutosum
[Variable cerith]
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Cerithium maculosum
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Cerithium madreporicolum
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Cerithium menkei
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Cerithium moniliferum
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Cerithium munitum
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Max. Length 2.6 cm DL
 
Cerithium muscarum
[Flyspeck cerith]
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Cerithium mutabile
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Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific and the Medi

Cerithium nesioticumPilsbry & Vanatta, 1906

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium nesioticum
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific. The form o
Max. Length 15 cm SHL
Cerithium nodulosumBruguière, 1792

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Cerithium nodulosum
[Giant knobbed cerith]
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Cerithium novaehollandiae
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Cerithium ophioderma
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Cerithium pacificum
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Cerithium placidum
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Max. Length 3 cm ShH
 
Cerithium planum
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Cerithium protractum
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.

Cerithium punctatumBruguière, 1792

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Cerithium punctatum
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Cerithium rehderi
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Cerithium renovatum
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Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean.

Cerithium rostratumSowerby, 1855

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium rostratum
[Beaked cerith]
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Cerithium rueppelli
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Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Cerithium salebrosumSowerby, 1855

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium salebrosum
[Uneven cerith]
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Cerithium scabridum
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Cerithium scobiniforme
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Cerithium stercusmuscarum
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Cerithium stigmosum
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Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Cerithium tenellum
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Cerithium torulosum
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Cerithium traillii
[Traill's cerith]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Cerithium uncinatumGmelin, 1791

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cerithium uncinatum
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Cerithium variabile
[Variable horn-shell]
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Cerithium versicolor
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Max. Length 6.5 cm SHL
 
Cerithium vulgatum
[Common cerithe]
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Cerithium zebrum
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Cerithium zonatum
[Belted horn]


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