Range: 35°N to 29°S; 97°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 91 m (live 0 to 52 m) Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Synonymy
Murex atratus Born, 1778 Cerithium algicola auct. non C. B. Adams, 1845 Cerithium caudatum Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium striatissimum Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium umbonatum Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium graciliforme Sowerby II, 1865 Cerithium antillarum Mörch, 1876 Cerithium floridanum Mörch, 1876 Cerithium tenuis Mörch, 1876 Cerithium subatratum Kobelt, 1898 Cerithium leonense Mansfield, 1930 Cerithium preatratum Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Cerithium vicinia Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Cerithium cruzanum Usticke, 1959
Details
Murex atratusBorn, 1778, p. 329-330 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Not stated [restricted to Guadeloupe by Houbrick (1974)] Range: 35°N to 29°S; 97°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 91 m (live 0 to 52 m) Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Belize; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba; Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Anzoategui, Isla Margarita; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, New Providence; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Jardines de la Reina, Santiago de Cuba; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John; St. Martin/St. Maarten, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Brazil: Amapa, Para, Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina References: Dautzenberg (1900); Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933); Houbrick (1974) dME; Leal (1991b) L
Cerithium algicola auct. non C. B. Adams, 1845, [Not available] References: Houbrick (1974) s Comments: Misidentification by Warmke & Abbott (1961) and Rios (1970).
Cerithium antillarumMörch, 1876a, p. 112-113 [Synonymy uncertain] Attributed to: Dunker MS Type Locality: Several localities Range: 20°N to 16°N; 77°W to 61.5°W Maximum Reported Size: 24.5 mm Distribution: Cuba, Jamaica, Guadeloupe References: Mörch (1876a) NSEWM; Houbrick (1974) s?
Cerithium caudatum Sowerby II, 1855, [Synonym] Range: 17°N to 10.5°N; 68°W to 61.8°W Distribution: Venezuela: Carabobo; Antigua, Guadeloupe References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW; Houbrick (1974) s
Cerithium floridanum var. cruzanaUsticke, 1959, p. 38, 40, pl. 2, fig. 16 [Not available] Type Locality: West coast and Altona Bay, St. Croix Range: 18.2°N to 12°N; 70°W to 61.8°W Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, Tortola; Antigua References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Houbrick (1974) s Comments: Infrasubspecific, see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a).
Cerithium floridanumMörch, 1876a, p. 114 [Synonym] Type Locality: Sarasota Bay, Florida Range: 27.3°N to 18.5°S; 86.8°W to 25°W Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Panama, Brazil: Bahia, Espirito Santo References: Mörch (1876a) NM; Lange de Morretes (1949) {S}; Ekdale (1974) W; Houbrick (1974) s; R. Scheltema (1989) E; Oliveira & Rezende (1994) S
Cerithium graciliformeSowerby II, 1865a, pl. 8, fig. 49 [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 25°N ; 77.5°W Maximum Reported Size: 33.4 mm Distribution: Bahamas: New Providence References: Mörch (1876a) NSEW; Houbrick (1974) MTs
Cerithium floridanum leonensisMansfield, 1930, p. 97-98, pl. 13, fig. 1, 4 [Synonym] Type Locality: Station 1/946, Harveys Creek, half a mile above abandoned mill, Leon County, Florida Maximum Reported Size: 26 mm References: Mansfield (1930) M; Houbrick (1974) s Comments: Described as a fossil.
Cerithium peratratum sic, [Not available] Comments: Error for preatratum by Houbrick (1974).
Cerithium (Thericium) preatratumOlsson & Harbison, 1953, p. 284, pl. 42, fig. 3 [Synonym] Type Locality: Pliocene of North St. Petersburg, Florida Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida References: Houbrick (1974) s
Cerithium striatissimum Sowerby II, 1855, [Synonym] Range: 26°S to 26°S; 48.5°W References: Lange de Morretes (1949) NSEW; Houbrick (1974) s
Cerithium atratum var. tenuisMörch, 1876a, p. 113, [Sowerby II, 1855, figs. 86-87] [Synonym] Type Locality: Guadeloupe Distribution: Guadeloupe
Cerithium umbonatum Sowerby II, 1855, [Synonym] Distribution: Jamaica References: Houbrick (1974) s
Cerithium (Thericium) viciniaOlsson & Harbison, 1953, p. 282-283, pl. 42, fig. 2 [Synonym] Type Locality: Pliocene of North St. Petersburg, Florida Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida References: Houbrick (1974) s
Partial List of References
Born, I. 1778. Index Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Pars I. Testacea [xlii] + 458 + [82] pp., 1 pl. Offficina Krausiana: Wien. Mansfield, W. C. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3 189 pp., 21 pls. Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143. Olsson, A. A. and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8 vii + 459, 65 pls. [Stated date: 06 Nov 1953.] Sowerby, G. B., II. 1865. Monograph of the genus Cerithium Conchologia Iconica 15 pls. 1-20 Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]
