Genus of gastropods
Cerion genus of small to medium-sized tropical air-breathing land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Cerionidae , sometimes known as the peanut snails . The genus is endemic to the Caribbean region.
The name Cerion is based on the Greek word kerion beehive ; hence they were at one time known as beehive shells .[4]
The fossil range of Cerion is possibly from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana , or the early Miocene of Florida .[1] Cerion in Pleistocene are rare.[1]
Species
Five live but aestivating Cerion snails on limestone wall of Windley Key Fossil Quarry (with two other non-Cerion snails), Florida Species within the genus Cerion include:
Cerion acuticostatum Sánchez Roig, 1948[5] Cerion aguayoi Torre & Clench, 1932[5] Cerion alberti [5] Cerion alleni Torre, 1929[5] Cerion anodonta [citation needed Cerion arangoi (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896)[5] Cerion banesense Clench & Aguayo, 1949[5] Cerion barroi Aguayo & Jaume, 1957[5] Cerion basistriatum Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1895[5] Cerion bioscai Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion blanesi Clench & Aguayo, 1951[5] Cerion cabocruzense Pilsbry & Torre, 1943[5] Cerion capraia [citation needed Cerion caroli Aguayo & Torre, 1951[5] Cerion casablancae Bartsch, 1920Cerion catherwoodianum Wurtz, 1950[5] Cerion ceiba Clench, 1948[5] Cerion chaparra Aguayo & Sánchez Roig, 1953[5] Cerion chaplini Wurtz, 1950[5] Cerion chrysalis Cerion chrysaloides [citation needed Cerion circumscriptum Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion cisneroi Clench & Aguayo, 1951[5] Cerion cobarrubia Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion columbiana [citation needed Cerion columbinus Sánchez Roig, 1951[5] Cerion coutini Sánchez Roig, 1951[5] Cerion crassilabris [citation needed Cerion crassiusculum Torre in Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1899[5] Cerion cyclostomum (Küster, 1841)[5] Cerion dimidiatum (Pfeiffer, 1847)[5] Cerion disforme [5] Cerion dorotheae Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion ebriolum Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion evolva [citation needed Cerion fasciata [citation needed Cerion feltoni Sánchez Roig, 1951[5] Cerion floridanum [citation needed Cerion geophilum [5] Cerion glans (Küster, 1844)Cerion grilloensis Sánchez Roig, 1951[5] Cerion grisea [citation needed Cerion gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1852)[5] Cerion herrerai Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion hessei [5] Cerion humberti Clench & Aguayo, 1949[5] Cerion hyperlissum Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896[5] Cerion incanum (A. Binney, 1851)Cerion incrassatum (Sowerby, 1876)[5] Cerion infandulum Aguayo & Torre, 1951[5] Cerion infandum (Shuttleworth in Poey, 1858)[5] Cerion iostomum [5] Cerion johnsoni Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1895[5] Cerion josephi Clench & Aguayo, 1949[5] Cerion kusteri (Pfeiffer, 1854)[5] Cerion laureani Clench & Aguayo, 1951[5] Cerion longidens Pilsbry, 1902[5] Cerion macrodon Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion magister Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896[5] Cerion manatiense Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion marielinum Torre in Pilsbry, 1927[5] Cerion maritimum (Pfeiffer, 1839)[5] Cerion microdon Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896[5] Cerion microstonum (Pfeiffer, 1854)[5] Cerion miramarae Sánchez Roig, 1951[5] Cerion multicostum (Küster, 1845)[5] Cerion mumia (Bruguière, 1792)[5] Cerion mumiola (Pfeiffer, 1839)[5] Cerion nanus [6] Cerion nipense Aguayo, 1953[5] Cerion obesum [citation needed Cerion orientale Clench & Aguayo, 1951[5] Cerion palmeri Sánchez Roig, 1948[5] Cerion pandionis Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion paredonis Pilsbry, 1902[5] Cerion pastelilloensis Sánchez Roig, 1951[5] Cerion paucicostatum Torre, 1929[5] Cerion paucisculptum [5] Cerion peracutum Clench & Aguayo, 1951[5] Cerion persuasa [citation needed Cerion pilsbryi [citation needed Cerion pinerium Dall, 1895[5] Cerion politum [5] Cerion prestoni [5] Cerion pretiosus Sánchez Roig, 1951[5] Cerion pseudocyclostomum Aguayo & Sánchez Roig, 1953[5] Cerion pupilla [citation needed Cerion ramsdeni Torre in Welch, 1934[5] Cerion regina [citation needed Cerion regula [citation needed Cerion restricta [citation needed Cerion ricardi Clench & Aguayo, 1951[5] Cerion rodrigoi Gould, 1997Cerion saccharimeta [citation needed Cerion saetiae [5] Cerion sagraianum (Pfeiffer, 1847)[5] Cerion sainthilarius Sánchez Roig, 1951[5] Cerion sallei [citation needed Cerion salvatori Torre in Pilsbry, 1927[5] Cerion sanctacruzense Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion sanctamariae Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion sanzi Blanes in Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898[5] Cerion scalarinum (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1860)[5] Cerion scopulorum Aguayo & Jaume, 1951[5] Cerion sculptum (Poey, 1858)[5] Cerion sisal Clench & Aguayo, 1952[5] Cerion striatellum [citation needed Cerion stupida [citation needed Cerion tanamensis Sánchez Roig, 1951[5] Cerion tenuilabre (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1870)[5] Cerion torrei Blanes in Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898[5] Cerion tridentatun Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1895[5] Cerion uva [7] Cerion vaccinum [citation needed Cerion vanattai Clench & Aguayo, 1951[5] Cerion venustum (Poey, 1858)[5] Cerion viaregis Bartsch, 1920Cerion victor Torre, 1929[5] Cerion vulneratum (Küster, 1855)[5] Cerion watlingense Dall, 1907Cerion yumaensis [citation needed 
