# Cerithium

Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.

## Species

Species within this genus include:
* Cerithium abditum Houbrick, 1992
* Cerithium adustum Kiener, 1841
* Cerithium africanum Houbrick, 1992
* Cerithium albolineatum Bozzetti, 2008
* Cerithium alucastrum (Brocchi, 1814)
* Cerithium alutaceum (Gould, 1861)
* Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778)
* Cerithium atromarginatum Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
* Cerithium balletoni Cecalupo, 2009
* Cerithium balteatum Philippi, 1848
* Cerithium bayeri (Petuch, 2001)
* Cerithium boeticum Pease, 1860
* Cerithium browni (Bartsch, 1928)
* Cerithium buzzurroi Cecalupo, 2005
* Cerithium caeruleum Sowerby, 1855
* † Cerithium calculosum Basterot, 1825
* Cerithium cecalupoi Cossignani, 2004
* Cerithium citrinum Sowerby, 1855
* Cerithium claviforme Schepman, 1907
* Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834
* Cerithium coralium Kiener, 1841
* Cerithium crassilabrum Krauss, 1848
* Cerithium dialeucum Philippi, 1849
* Cerithium eburneum Bruguière, 1792
* Cerithium echinatum Lamarck, 1842
* Cerithium egenum Gould, 1849
* † Cerithium excavatum Brongniart in Cuvier & Brongniart, 1822
* Cerithium flemischi Martin, 1933
* Cerithium gallapaginis G.B. Sowerby, 1855
* Cerithium gemmatum Hinds, 1844
* Cerithium georgianum Pfeffer, 1886
* Cerithium gloriosum Houbrick, 1992
* Cerithium gracilis Philippi, 1836
* Cerithium guinaicum Philippi, 1849
* Cerithium heteroclites Lamarck, 1822
* Cerithium ianthinum Gould, 1849
* Cerithium interstriatum Sowerby, 1855
* Cerithium ivani Cecalupo, 2008
* Cerithium janthinum (Gould, 1849 in 1846–50) : synonym of Cerithium zebrum Kiener, 1841
* Cerithium kobelti Dunker, 1877 : synonym of Cerithium dialeucum Philippi, 1849
* Cerithium kreukelorum van Gemert, 2012
* Cerithium leptocharactum Rehder, 1980
* Cerithium lifuense Melvill & Standen, 1895
* Cerithium lindae Petuch, 1987
* Cerithium lissum Watson, 1880
* Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778)
* Cerithium lividulum Risso, 1826
* Cerithium lorenzi Bozzetti, 2020
* Cerithium lutosum Menke, 1828
* Cerithium maculosum Kiener, 1841
* † Cerithium madreporicola Jousseaume, 1931
* Cerithium madreporicola Jousseaume, 1930
* Cerithium mangrovum Q.-M. Sun & S.-P. Zhang, 2014
* Cerithium matukense Watson, 1886
* Cerithium mediolaeve Carpenter, 1857
* Cerithium menkei Carpenter, 1857
* † Cerithium miocanariensis Martín-González & Vera-Peláez, 2018
* Cerithium moniliferum Kiener, 1842 : synonym of Clypeomorus batillariaeformis Habe & Kosuge, 1966
* Cerithium munitum Sowerby, 1855
* Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832
* Cerithium nesioticum Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906
* Cerithium nicaraguense Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
* Cerithium nodulosum Bruguière, 1792
* Cerithium novaehollandiae Adams in Sowerby, 1855
* Cerithium ophioderma (Habe, 1968)
* Cerithium pacificum Houbrick, 1992
* Cerithium phoxum Watson, 1880
* Cerithium placidum Gould, 1861
* Cerithium protractum Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838
* Cerithium punctatum Bruguière, 1792
* Cerithium rehderi Houbrick, 1992
* Cerithium renovatum Monterosato, 1884
* Cerithium rostratum Sowerby, 1855
* Cerithium rubus Deshayes, 1843: synonym of Cerithium echinatum Lamarck, 1822
* Cerithium rueppelli Philippi, 1848
* † Cerithium rufonodulosum E. A. Smith, 1901
* Cerithium salebrosum Sowerby, 1855
* Cerithium scabridum Philippi, 1848
* Cerithium scobiniforme Houbrick, 1992
* Cerithium spinosum Philippi, 1836
* Cerithium stercumuscarum Valenciennes, 1833
* Cerithium subscalatum Pilsbry, 1904
* † Cerithium taeniagranulosum Lozouet, 1999 †
* Cerithium tenellum Sowerby, 1855
* Cerithium torresi Smith, 1884
* Cerithium torulosum (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Cerithium traillii Sowerby, 1855
* † Cerithium trochleare Lamarck, 1804
* Cerithium tuberculatum (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Cerithium uncinatum (Gmelin, 1791)
* Cerithium virgatum Montfort, 1810 (nomen dubium)
* Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792
* Cerithium zebrum (Kiener, 1841)
* Cerithium zonatum (Wood, 1828)

## Fossil records

The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent periods (age range: from 221.5 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world. There are about 100 extinct species including:
* Cerithium crenatum from the Pliocene of Italy
* Cerithium elegans Deshayes, 1824
* Cerithium cattleyae Baily, 1856 from Miocene of Crimea and South Russia

## Gallery

* Cerithium caeruleum
* Cerithium columna
* Cerithium coralium
* Cerithium dalli
* Cerithium dialeucum
* Cerithium echinatum
* Cerithium lifuense
* Cerithium litteratum
* Cerithium nesioticum
* Cerithium nodulosum
* Cerithium scabridum
* Cerithium scobiniforme
* Cerithium tenellum
* Cerithium torulosum
* Cerithium varicosum
* Cerithium vulgatum