Cerithidea

Cerithidea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails. ^[2]

Cerithidea
A live Cerithidea quoyii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Potamididae
Genus:	Cerithidea Swainson, 1840[1]
Type species
Melania lineolata Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
Synonyms
Aphanistylus P. Fischer, 1884 Cerithidea (Cerithidea) Swainson, 1840 Cerithium (Cerithidea) Phaenommia Mörch, 1860 Potamides (Aphanistylus) P. Fischer, 1884 Potamides (Cerithidea)

Species

There used to be three subgenera^[3] 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^[4]
• Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855
• † Cerithidea bifurcata Kilburn & Tankard, 1975
• Cerithidea charbonnieri (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
• Cerithidea decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[5]
• Cerithidea dohrni (Kobelt, 1890)
• Cerithidea houbricki Reid, 2014
• † Ceruthidea kanpokuensis^[6]
• Cerithidea moerchii (A. Adams, 1855)
• † Cerithidea nebrascensis (Meek & Hayden, 1856)
• Cerithidea obtusa (Lamarck, 1822)^[7] - type species^[3]
• Cerithidea quoyii (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
• Cerithidea reidi Houbrick, 1986
• Cerithidea rhizophorarum A. Adams, 1855^[3][8]
• Cerithidea sinensis (Philippi, 1848)
• Cerithidea tonkiniana Mabille, 1887
• Cerithidea weyersi Dautzenberg, 1899

Species brought into synonymy

• Cerithidea alata (Philippi, 1849):^[9] 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):^[10][11] 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:^[12] 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):^[13] 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:^[14] synonym of Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855
• Cerithidea pauxilla A. Adams, 1855: synonym for Varicopeza pauxilla (A. Adams, 1855)^[15]
• 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)