Cerithium


Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.

Species

Species within this genus include:

Fossil records

The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent periods. Fossils shells have been found all over the world. There are about 100 extinct species including:Cerithium crenatum from the Pliocene of ItalyCerithium elegans Deshayes, 1824Cerithium cattleyae Baily, 1856 from Miocene of Crimea and South Russia