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Cerithium (Ptychocerithium)

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Ptychocerithium was named by Sacco (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) by Vredenburg (1928), Beets (1941), Abbass (1967), Shuto (1978), Harzhauser et al. (2002) and Harzhauser (2004).

It was assigned to Cerithiadae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cerithium by Vredenburg (1928), Beets (1941), Abbass (1967), Shuto (1978), Harzhauser et al. (2002) and Harzhauser (2004); and to Cerithiidae by Zunino and Pavia (2009).

Subtaxa
Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ansuriensis, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) archiaci, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) haimei, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) hassani, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ighinai, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) nanggulanense, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) plicatoligocenica, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) pseudocorrugatum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rude, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) tricingulatum, Ptychocerithium perlamellosum, Ptychocerithium turritoplicatum
Species lacking formal opinion data
Cerithium abbassi, Cerithium abictiforme, Cerithium alternatum, Cerithium angyostoma, Cerithium armoricense, Cerithium austriacum, Cerithium binodulasum, Cerithium boulei, Cerithium bronni, Cerithium calcivelatum, Cerithium caloosaensis, Cerithium cyprinum, Cerithium dubium, Cerithium georgianum, Cerithium gilyandense, Cerithium gonzagae, Cerithium guinacium, Cerithium heeri, Cerithium hernandoensis, Cerithium isidis, Cerithium kavasiense, Cerithium kobunense, Cerithium koroniense, Cerithium krauskopfi, Cerithium leei, Cerithium libycum, Cerithium manzourensis, Cerithium mazureki, Cerithium mogharens, Cerithium obsoletum, Cerithium pachecoi, Cerithium percostatum, Cerithium periphractum, Cerithium pirabicum, Cerithium praecursor, Cerithium roedereri, Cerithium septemplicatum, Cerithium simpsonense, Cerithium struckmanii, Cerithium vertagus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Ptychocerithium Sacco
1928Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Vredenburg p. 358
1941Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Beets p. 52
1967Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Abbass p. 36
1978Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Shuto p. 146
1995Ptychocerithium Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155
2002Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Harzhauser et al.
2002Ptychocerithium Sepkoski
2004Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Harzhauser p. 115
2009Ptycocerithium Zunino and Pavia p. 361

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyCerithiinaeFleming 1822
genusCerithiumBruguière 1789
subgenusPtychocerithium(Sacco 1895)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available