Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative spellings: Cerithiadae, Cerithidae
Parent taxon: Cerithioidea according to P.M. Novack-Gottshall 2025
See also Addicott 1970, Allison 1955, Beesley 1998, Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2005, Bouchet et al. 2017, Clark and Arnold 1923, Givens and Kennedy 1976, Golikov and Starobogatov 1975, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Harzhauser et al. 2009, Harzhauser and Kowalke 2002, Olsson 1931, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Ponder and Warén 1988, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Stanton 1895, Stilwell et al. 2004, Todd 2001, Turner 1938, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wienrich 2001
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Alabininae Argyropeza Bellatara Bezanconia Bittiinae Bittiolum Cerithiinae Cerithioclava Cestumcerithium Chavanicerithium Crenatocerithium Cupaniella Dirocerithium Elassum Eocerithium Fastigiella Hemicerithium Iddingsella Jetwoodsia Liocerithium Neostylidium Occidentocerithium Orthochetus Portoricia Prismacerithium Pseudoaluco Rhinoclavus Royella Schroederium Serratocerithium Sundabittium Taxonia Uchauxiinae Zefallacia
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (14 collections), the Bahamas (4), Bermuda (10), Brazil (1), Cayman Islands (4), China (7), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (6), Djibouti (7), the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (3), Egypt (1), Eritrea (4), Fiji (1), France (3), French Polynesia (1), Guam (3), Haiti (7), India (3), Italy (5), Jamaica (2), Japan (11), Kenya (8), the Marshall Islands (6), Mauritius (1), Mayotte (6), Mexico (5), Morocco (9), Mozambique (1), Namibia (1), the Netherlands (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (3), Peru (2), the Philippines (1), Poland (4), Portugal (11), Saudi Arabia (5), the Seychelles (9), South Africa (7), Spain (10), Sudan (1), Tuvalu (1), United States (93: California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, North Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (2), Vanuatu (4), Venezuela (2), Yemen (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1), Malaysia (6), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: California, Florida, Oregon)
• Pliocene of Algeria (1), Australia (2), Belgium (1), Costa Rica (10), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (20), Ecuador (5), Fiji (1), Greece (3), Haiti (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), India (1), Indonesia (17), Italy (7), Jamaica (6), Japan (12), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (5), Pakistan (4), Panama (13), Papua New Guinea (1), the Philippines (4), Romania (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (13), the United Kingdom (4), United States (10: California, Florida), Vanuatu (3), Venezuela (6)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1), the Dominican Republic (9)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (10), Austria (18), Brazil (7), Colombia (20), Cyprus (6), the Dominican Republic (97), Ecuador (1), Fiji (2), France (5), Georgia (1), Germany (44), Greece (3), Grenada (2), Haiti (1), Hungary (4), India (4), Indonesia (23), Iran (2), Italy (5), Japan (26), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (2), Malaysia (1), the Marshall Islands (11), Moldova (2), the Netherlands (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (7), Panama (45), Peru (3), the Philippines (1), Poland (7), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (5), Somalia (3), Spain (1), Sri Lanka (3), Trinidad and Tobago (8), Turkey (4), Ukraine (4), United States (58: California, Florida, Rhode Island), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1), United States (8: Florida, Georgia)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Belgium (3), Canada (1: British Columbia), Ecuador (1), France (36), Germany (1), Greece (4), Haiti (1), Hungary (5), India (2), Iran (4), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Oman (3), Pakistan (4), Romania (1), Somalia (3), Turkey (1), United States (30: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (13), Barbados (1), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (2), Colombia (6), Croatia (4), Egypt (4), France (38), Haiti (2), Hungary (2), India (6), Indonesia (3), Italy (6), Jamaica (4), Japan (1), Mexico (5), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Pakistan (16), Panama (6), Peru (3), Romania (1), Somalia (1), Spain (37), Turkey (5), the United Kingdom (18), United States (102: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Turkey (2)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (2), Austria (1), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (3), Egypt (2), France (2), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Iraq (1), Mexico (2), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (2), Poland (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (37: Alabama, California, Georgia, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Angola (2), Antarctica (4), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Cameroon (2), Chile (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (9), Ethiopia (1), France (5), Gabon (1), Germany (6), Madagascar (3), Mexico (6), Poland (21), Portugal (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (6), Switzerland (8), the United Kingdom (3), United States (87: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of Chile (1), Ethiopia (1), France (5), Germany (1), India (18), Italy (1), Portugal (22), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: California)
• Triassic of Italy (9), United States (2: Alaska, Oregon)
• Silurian of Austria (1)
Total: 1668 collections including 2860 occurrences