Cerithioidea

Cerithioidea
The Cerithioidea is a superfamily of marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod containing more than 200 genera. The Cerithoidea are included unassigned in the subclass Caenogastropoda. The original name of this superfamily was Cerithiacea, in keeping with common superfamily endings at the time.
Ecology
Cerithioidea is a very diverse superfamily. Its species can be found worldwide mainly in tropic and subtropic seas on rocky intertidal shores, seagrass beds and algal fronds, but also in estuarine and freshwater habitats. The freshwater species are found on all continents, except Antarctica. They are dominant members of mangrove forests, estuarine mudflats, fast-flowing rivers and placid lakes.
Fossil record
Their fossil record of this superfamily can be traced back as far as the early Triassic but they began radiating mainly during the Cretaceous.
Taxonomy
The Cerithioidea are presumed to be monophyletic (one lineage). However the phylogenetic relationships between its families are still under investigation because mitochondrial recombinant DNA sequences failed to resolve these questions.
2005 taxonomy
According to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), the following families are included in Cerithioidea:
Amphimelaniidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1891
Batillariidae Thiele, 1929 - monophyletic
† Brachytrematidae Cossmann, 1906
† Cassiopidae Beurlen, 1967
Cerithiidae Fleming, 1822 - monophyletic
Dialidae Kay, 1979
Diastomatidae Cossman, 1894
† Eustomatidae Cossmann, 1906
† Ladinulidae Bandel, 1992
† Lanascalidae Bandel, 1992
Litiopidae Gray, 1847
† Maoraxidae Bandel, Gründel, Maxwell, 2000
Melanopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 - freshwater snails, polyphyletic
Modulidae P. Fischer, 1884
Pachychilidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892
Paludomidae Stoliczka, 1868
Pelycidiidae Ponder & Hall, 1983
Pickworthiidae Iredale, 1917
Planaxidae Gray, 1850
Pleuroceridae P. Fischer, 1885 (1863) - freshwater snails, polyphyletic
† Popenellidae Bandel, 1992
Potamididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 - monophyletic
† Procerithiidae Cossmann, 1906 - If the genus Argyropeza is placed in the Procerithiidae, then this family is no longer exclusively a family of fossils.
† Propupaspiridae Nützel, Pan & Erwin, 2002
† Prostyliferidae Bandel, 1992
Scaliolidae Jousseaume, 1912 - monophyletic
Semisulcospiridae J. P. E. Morrison, 1952
Siliquariidae Anton, 1838
Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823) - freshwater snails, polyphyletic
Turritellidae Lovén, 1847 - monophyletic
Zemelanopsidae Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019
(Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)
It is possible that a further detailed examination may show that the polyphyletic families Melanopsidae and Pleuroceridae are one family. There is also a close phylogenetic relationship between the families Modulidae and Potamididae and between the families Cerithiidae and Litiopidae.
2006 taxonomy
Bandel (2006) made numerous changes in Cerithioidea. He classified superfamily Cerithioidea in the clade Cerithimorpha.
Changes include:
superfamily Cerithioidea
family Bittiidae Cossmann, 1906 - consider Bittiidae in its own family level. It was as subfamily Bittiinae within Cerithiidae by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
family † Maturifusidae - moved to Cerithioidea from Hypsogastropoda
family † Canterburyellidae - moved to Cerithioidea from unallocated Sorbeoconcha
family † Prisciphoridae - moved to Cerithioidea from unallocated Sorbeoconcha
family † Zardinellopsidae Bandel, 2006 - new family
family Pachymelaniidae - considered as valid family. It was as synonym of Thiaridae.
some Pyrguliferidae members (a synonym) are in Paludomidae and some are in Paramelaniidae (instead of Thiaridae)
family Paramelaniidae at family level (instead of a synonym of Paludomidae)
and some moves to other taxa
2009 taxonomy
Subfamily Semisulcospirinae within Pleuroceridae was elevated to family level under the name Semisulcospiridae by Strong & Köhler (2009).
2017 Taxonomy
In the updated taxonomy by Bouchet et al. (2017)are listed below:
Batillariidae
† Brachytrematidae
Cerithiidae
Dialidae
Diastomatidae
† Eustomatidae
Hemisinidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1891
† Ladinulidae
Litiopidae
† Maoraxidae
Melanopsidae
† Metacerithiidae
Modulidae
Pachychilidae
Paludomidae
Pelycidiidae
Pickworthiidae
Planaxidae
Pleuroceridae
† Popenellidae
Potamididae
† Procerithiidae
† Propupaspiridae
† Prostyliferidae
Scaliolidae
Semisulcospiridae
Siliquariidae
Thiaridae
Turritellidae
Unassigned:
Microstilifer Warén, 1980
The following two extinct families were moved out:
Lanascalidae †
Metacerithiidae †
References
External links
Halder K. & Sinha P. (2014). "Some Eocene Cerithioids (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from Kutch, Western India, and Their Bearing on Palaeobiogeography of the Indian Subcontinent". Paleontology Journal 2014: Article ID 673469, 11 pp. .
Sorbeoconcha