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Cerithiidae (cerith snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Cerithiadae was named by Fleming (1822) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5392]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Cerithiidae by Stanton (1895), Clark and Arnold (1923), Olsson (1931), Turner (1938), Harris and Palmer (1947), Allison (1955), Addicott (1970), Golikov and Starobogatov (1975), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Squires (1984), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Squires (1987), Ponder and Warén (1988), Squires (1988), Beu et al. (1990), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser and Kowalke (2002), Harzhauser (2004), Stilwell et al. (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005), Harzhauser (2007), Harzhauser et al. (2009), Bouchet et al. (2017); it was misspelled as Cerithidae by Novack-Gottshall (2025).

It was assigned to Taenioglossa by Olsson (1931); to Gastropoda by Stanton (1895), Clark and Arnold (1923), Turner (1938); to Prosobranchiata by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Mesogastropoda by Addicott (1970), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Squires (1988); to Cerithiacea by Allison (1955), Golikov and Starobogatov (1975), Squires (1984), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Squires (1987), Beu et al. (1990); to Caenogastropoda by Wienrich (2001); and to Cerithioidea by Fleming (1828), Ponder and Warén (1988), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser and Kowalke (2002), Harzhauser (2004), Stilwell et al. (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005), Harzhauser (2007), Harzhauser et al. (2009), Bouchet et al. (2017), Novack-Gottshall (2025).