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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Cerithiidae

Cerithium guinaicum Philippi, 1849


Range: 27°N to 9.3°N; 88.15°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 20 m
Maximum Reported Size: 45  mm

Synonymy

Murex pictus W. Wood, 1828
Cerithium guinaicum Philippi, 1849
Thericium moenense (Gabb, 1881) 
Cerithium moenense Gabb, 1881
Cerithium stantoni Dall, 1907
Thericium stantoni (Dall, 1907) 
Thericium auricoma (Schwengel, 1940) 
Cerithium auricoma Schwengel, 1940
Cerithium caribbaeum M. Smith, 1946

Details


Cerithium guinaicum Philippi, 1849f, p. 17-18, pl. 1 fig. 13
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Gabon in Guinea
Range: 27°N to 9.3°N; 88.15°W to 0°W
Depth: 9 to 20 m
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Carabobo; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Guantanamo; Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Houbrick (1974) EWMT; Díaz & Puyana (1994) D

Cerithium auricoma Schwengel, 1940a, p. 109, pl. 12, figs. 8-8a
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Washerwoman Key, Pelican Shoals, near Key West, Florida
Range: 24.6°N to 10°N; 83.07°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 to 9 m
Maximum Reported Size: 36.3 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Costa Rica, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica, Puerto Rico
References: Schwengel (1940a) N; Warmke & Abbott (1961) E; Houbrick (1968) dSW; Sarasúa (1970); Houbrick (1974) s
Combining Genera:  Thericium

Cerithium caribbaeum M. Smith, 1946b, p. 60-61, pl. 6, fig. 4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Manzanillo Island, Colon, Canal Zone
Range: 9.3°N ; 79.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 31.5 mm
Distribution: Panama
References: M. Smith (1946b) NSEWM; Houbrick (1974)

Cerithium mitriforme sic, 
[Not available]
References: Houbrick (1974) s
Comments: Wood used the names Murex pictus and Murex mitriformis on p. 15 for pl. 5, fig. 24 and 25 respectively; on p. 34, he inadvertently referred pl. 5, fig. 24 to Cerithium mitriformis instead of to Cerithium pictum. Murex mitriformis is now in Genota (Turridae).

Cerithium moenense Gabb, 1881, 
[Synonym]
Range: 9.4°N ; 79.8°W
Distribution: Panama
References: Radwin (1969) NSEW; Houbrick (1974) s
Comments: Also Pliocene of Costa Rica.
Combining Genera:  Thericium

Murex pictus W. Wood, 1828, p. 15, pl. 5, fig. 24
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Houbrick (1974) s
Comments: Non Basterot, 1825.

Cerithium stantoni Dall, 1907b, p. 22-23
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Florida Keys
Range: 25°N to 18°N; 88°W to 82°W
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Belize
References: Dall (1907b) NSEWM; Houbrick (1974) Ts
Combining Genera:  Thericium


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1907. A new Cerithium from the Florida Keys Nautilus 21 22-23. [Stated date: -- Jun 1907.]
Philippi, R. A. 1849. Cerithium Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien 3 13-20, pl. 1. [Stated date: -- Jan 1849.]
Schwengel, J. S. 1940. Two new Floridan marine shells Nautilus 53 109-110, pl. 12. [Stated date: -- Apr 1940.]
Smith, M. 1946. New Caribbean and Panamic shells and a Pliocene Marginella Nautilus 60 60-62, pl. 6. [Stated date: -- Oct 1946.]
Wood, W. 1828. Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus  viii + 59 pp., 8 pls. W. Wood: London. [Stated date: post 17 May.]

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