# Cerithidea

Cerithidea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.

## Species

There used to be three subgenera in the genus Cerithidea: subgenus Cerithea, subgenus Cerithideopsis and subgenus Cerithideopsilla. These have been brought to the status of genus.
* Cerithidea andamanensis Reid, 2014
* Cerithidea anticipata Iredale, 1929
* Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855
* † Cerithidea bifurcata Kilburn & Tankard, 1975
* Cerithidea charbonnieri (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
* Cerithidea decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Cerithidea dohrni (Kobelt, 1890)
* Cerithidea houbricki Reid, 2014
* † Ceruthidea kanpokuensis
* Cerithidea moerchii (A. Adams, 1855)
* † Cerithidea nebrascensis (Meek & Hayden, 1856)
* Cerithidea obtusa (Lamarck, 1822) - type species
* Cerithidea quoyii (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
* Cerithidea reidi Houbrick, 1986
* Cerithidea rhizophorarum A. Adams, 1855
* Cerithidea sinensis (Philippi, 1848)
* Cerithidea tonkiniana Mabille, 1887
* Cerithidea weyersi Dautzenberg, 1899

### Species brought into synonymy

* Cerithidea alata (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Pirenella alata (Philippi, 1849)
* Cerithidea albonodosa Gould & Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840)
* Cerithidea alternata Hutton, 1873: synonym of Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* Cerithidea bombayana G. B. Sowerby II, 1866: synonym of Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)
* Cerithidea californica (Haldeman, 1840): synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840)
* Cerithidea caiyingyai Qian Z.-X., Fang Y.-F. & He J., 2013: synonym of Pirenella caiyingyai (Qian, Fang & He, 2013)
* Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Cerithideopsilla cingulata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791
* Cerithidea cornea A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855
* Cerithidea costata (da Costa, 1778): synonym of Cerithideopsis costata (da Costa, 1778)
* Cerithidea crassilabrum A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Cerithideopsis scalariformis (Say, 1825)
* Cerithidea dahlakensis Biggs, 1965: synonym of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1931)
* Cerithidea djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1899): synonym of Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1899)
* Cerithidea fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838): synonym of Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)
* Cerithidea fortunei A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Cerithideopsis largillierti (Philippi, 1848)
* Cerithidea fuscata Gould, 1857 - this species has probably become extinct in recent times: synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840)
* Cerithidea hanleyana: synonym of G. B. Sowerby II, 1866: synonym of Cerithideopsis costata (da Costa, 1778)
* Cerithidea largillierti (Philippi, 1848): synonym of Cerithideopsis largillierti (Philippi, 1848)
* Cerithidea layardii A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)
* Cerithidea mazatlanica Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840)
* Cerithidea microptera (Kiener, 1842): synonym of Pirenella microptera (Kiener, 1841)
* Cerithidea montagnei (d'Orbigny, 1841): synonym of Cerithideopsis montagnei (d'Orbigny, 1841)
* Cerithidea multicostata Schepman, 1919: synonym of Cerithidea anticipata Iredale, 1929
* Cerithidea mutata Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902: synonym of Batillaria mutata (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)
* Cerithidea ornata A. Adams, 1863: synonym of Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855
* Cerithidea pauxilla A. Adams, 1855: synonym for Varicopeza pauxilla (A. Adams, 1855)
* Cerithidea pliculosa (Menke, 1829): synonym of Cerithideopsis pliculosa (Menke, 1829)
* Cerithidea pulchra (C. B. Adams, 1852): synonym of Cerithideopsis pulchra (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* Cerithidea quadrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1866: synonym of Cerithidea quoyii (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
* Cerithidea raricostata A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855
* Cerithidea rollei Kobelt, 1890: synonym of Cerithideopsis scalariformis (Say, 1825)
* Cerithidea scalariformis (Say, 1825): synonym of Cerithideopsis scalariformis (Say, 1825)
* Cerithidea tenkatei Schepman, 1893: synonym of Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Cerithidea valida (C. B. Adams, 1852): synonym of Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840)