Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 96°W to 34.9°W Depth: 0 to 18 m (live 0 to 12 m) Maximum Reported Size: 43 mm
Synonymy
Cerithium uncinatum auct. non Gmelin, 1791 Cerithium eburneum Bruguière, 1792 Cerithium algicola C. B. Adams, 1845 Cerithium variabile auct. non C. B. Adams, 1845 Cerithium pulicarium Philippi, 1848 Cerithium fenestratum Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium novaehiberniae A. Adams, 1855 Cerithium planispiratum Sowerby II, 1855 Cerithium minor Mörch, 1876 Thericium lymani Pilsbry, 1949 Cerithium aliceae Petuch, 1987
Details
Cerithium eburneumBruguière, 1792a, p. 498-499 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Guadeloupe Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 96°W to 34.9°W Depth: 0 to 18 m (live 0 to 12 m) Maximum Reported Size: 43 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo, Cozumel; Belize, Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Old Providence Island, Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Carabobo, Sucre, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth, Isle of Pines), North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Guantanamo; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Tobago; Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia References: Houbrick (1974) NWMT; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Redfern (2001) Ll Comments: To 29°N in east Florida.
Cerithium algicolaC. B. Adams, 1845, p. 5, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 25°N to 9.3°N; 91.8°W to 64.8°W Depth: 13 m Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Colombia: Old Providence Island; Panama, Venezuela, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Bartsch & Rehder (1939a) D; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Usticke (1959) E; Houbrick (1974) s; García-Cubas (1982) W; Princz (1982a)
Cerithium eburneum aliceaePetuch, 1987, p. 51-52, pl. 3, figs. 17-18 [Synonym] Type Locality: Enclosed salt water lake near Palmetto, Eleuthera Island, Bahamas Range: 25°N ; 76°W Depth: 0.3 m (live 0.3 m) Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm Distribution: Bahamas: Eleuthera
Cerithium fenestratum Sowerby II, 1855, [Synonym] References: Houbrick (1974) s
Thericium lymaniPilsbry, 1949b, p. 66, pl. 1, fig. 12 [Synonym] Type Locality: Off Hudson, Florida Range: 28.4°N ; 82.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida References: Pilsbry (1949b) NSEWM; Houbrick (1974) s Comments: Regarded as valid by Petuch (1994).
Cerithium eburneum f. minorMörch, 1876a, p. 114, not figured [Not available] Type Locality: Vera Cruz [Mexico]; St. Croix Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz; Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Mörch (1876a) M Comments: Nude name.
Cerithium novae-hiberniaeA. Adams, 1855g, p. 857, pl. 180, fig. 84-85 [Synonym] Type Locality: Florida Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm Distribution: USA: Florida References: A. Adams (1855g) M; Houbrick (1974) s
Cerithium planispiratum Sowerby II, 1855, [Synonym] References: Houbrick (1974) s
Cerithium pulicariumPhilippi, 1848c, p. 20 [Synonym] Type Locality: Yucatan Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm Distribution: Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula References: Philippi (1848c) M; Houbrick (1974) s
Cerithium uncinatum auct. non Gmelin, 1791, [Not available] References: Melvill (1881) Comments: Misidentification by Dall & Simpson (1901).
Cerithium variabile auct. non C. B. Adams, 1845, [Not available] References: Houbrick (1974) s Comments: Misidentification by Rice & Kornicker (1962).
Partial List of References
Adams, A. 1855. Monograph of the genus Cerithium, Adanson Thesaurus Conchyliorum 2 847-892, pls. 176-186 Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.] Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 345-757. Panckoucke: Paris. Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143. Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [True date: 08 Jul 1987.] Philippi, R. A. 1848. Testaceorum novorum centuria (continuatio) Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5 17-27. [Stated date: -- Feb 1848.] Pilsbry, H. A. 1949. New Cerithiidae from Florida Nautilus 63 65-66, pl. 1. [Stated date: -- Oct 1949.]
