Cerithiella
Apertural view of a shell of Cerithiella austrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Newtoniellidae
Genus: Cerithiella
Verrill, 1882
Type species
Cerithium metula
Lovén, 1846
Synonyms[1]
  • Binda Laseron, 1951
  • Cerithiella (Cerithiella) Verrill, 1882
  • Cerithiolinum Locard, 1903
  • Chasteria Iredale, 1915
  • Euseila Cotton, 1951
  • Lovenella G. O. Sars, 1878 (non Hincks, 1869)
  • Newtonia Cossman, 1892 (non Schlegel 1867)
  • Newtoniella Cossman, 1893
  • Stilus Jeffreys, 1885

Cerithiella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Newtoniellidae.[1]

This genus was described by Verrill in 1882.

Species

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Species in the genus Cerithiella include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ a b Cerithiella at World Register of Marine Species; accessed: 29 May 2012