Species under Cerithium
n= 65
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Cerithium abditum
Houbrick, 1992
Western Pacific
Cerithium adansonii
Bruguière, 1792
Indo-West Pacific
Cerithium alucastrum
(Brocchi, 1814)
Mediterranean Sea
Cerithium alutaceum
(Gould, 1861)
Western Central Pacific
Cerithium alveolus
Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854
Central Pacific
Cerithium amirantium
Smith, 1884
Eastern Central Pacific
Cerithium atratum
(Born, 1778)
Dark cerith Western Atlantic 5
Cerithium atromarginatum
Deshayes, 1828
Black lipped cerith Indo-Pacific
Cerithium balteatum
Philippi, 1848
Western Pacific
Cerithium bayeri
(Petuch, 2001)
Western Atlantic 2.4
Cerithium boeticum
Pease, 1860
Eastern Central Pacific
Cerithium buzzurroi
Cecalupo, 2005
Western Central Pacific
Cerithium caeruleum
Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium snail Western Indian Ocean
Cerithium citrinum
Sowerby, 1855
Yellow cerith Indo-West Pacific 5
Cerithium claviforme
Schepman, 1907
Western Pacific
Cerithium columna
Sowerby, 1834
Indo-Pacific
Cerithium coralium
Kiener, 1841
Coral cerith Indo-West Pacific 5
Cerithium dialeucum
Philippi, 1849
Indo-Pacific
Cerithium eburneum
Bruguiere, 1792
Ivory cerith Western Central Atlantic 4.3
Cerithium echinatum
Lamarck, 1822
Spinose cerith Indo-Pacific 8
Cerithium egenum
Gould, 1849
Needle snail Indo-Pacific
Cerithium flemischi
Martin, 1933
Western Central Pacific
Cerithium gemmatum
Hinds, 1844
Southeast Pacific
Cerithium guinaicum
Philippi, 1849
Guinea cerith Western Atlantic 4.5
Cerithium interstriatum
Sowerby, 1855
Indo-Pacific
Cerithium kobelti
Dunker, 1877
Western Pacific 3.5
Cerithium koperbergi
Schepman, 1907
Western Central Pacific
Cerithium leptocharactum
Rehder, 1980
Southeast Pacific
Cerithium lifuense
Melvill & Standen, 1895
Western Pacific 3.5
Cerithium lindae
Petuch, 1987
Western Atlantic 1.1
Cerithium lissum
Watson, 1880
Western Pacific
Cerithium litteratum
(Born, 1778)
Stocky cerith Eastern Central Pacific and Western Atlantic 3.4
Cerithium lividulum
Risso, 1826
Mediterranean Sea
Cerithium lutosum
Menke, 1828
Variable cerith Western Central Atlantic 2
Cerithium madreporicolum
Jousseaume, 1930
Western Central Pacific
Cerithium menkei
Carpenter, 1857
Southeast Pacific
Cerithium moniliferum
Dufresne, 1842
Indo-West Pacific
Cerithium munitum
Sowerby, 1855
Indo-West Pacific
Cerithium muscarum
Say, 1822
Flyspeck cerith Western Central Atlantic 2.6
Cerithium nesioticum
Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906
Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean
Cerithium nodulosum
Bruguière, 1792
Giant knobbed cerith Indo-Pacific 15
Cerithium novaehollandiae
Sowerby II, 1855
Eastern Indian Ocean
Cerithium ophioderma
(Habe, 1968)
Pacific Ocean
Cerithium pacificum
Houbrick, 1992
Pacific Ocean
Cerithium placidum
Gould, 1861
Eastern Central Pacific
Cerithium planum
Anton, 1839
Western Central Pacific 3
Cerithium protractum
Bivona Ant., 1838
Mediterranean Sea
Cerithium punctatum
Bruguière, 1792
Indo-Pacific
Cerithium rehderi
Houbrick, 1992
Eastern Central Pacific
Cerithium renovatum
Monterosato, 1884
Mediterranean Sea
Cerithium rostratum
Sowerby, 1855
Beaked cerith Pacific Ocean
Cerithium rueppelli
Philippi, 1848
Western Indian Ocean
Cerithium salebrosum
Sowerby, 1855
Uneven cerith Central Pacific
Cerithium scabridum
Philippi, 1848
Indo-West Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea
Cerithium scobiniforme
Houbrick, 1992
Western Central Pacific
Cerithium stercusmuscarum
Valenciennes, 1833
Southeast Pacific
Cerithium stigmosum
Gould, 1861
Western Central Pacific
Cerithium tenellum
Sowerby, 1855
Central Pacific 2.5
Cerithium torulosum
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Eastern Central Pacific
Cerithium traillii
Sowerby, 1855
Traill's cerith Western Pacific
Cerithium uncinatum
Gmelin, 1791
Southeast Pacific
Cerithium variabile
Deshayes, 1833
Variable horn-shell Western Central Atlantic
Cerithium vulgatum
Bruguière, 1792
Common cerithe Mediterranean Sea 6.5
Cerithium zebrum
Kiener, 1841
Indo-Pacific
Cerithium zonatum
(Wood, 1828)
Belted horn Indo-Pacific
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