Cerithidea | |
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A live Cerithidea quoyii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Potamididae |
Genus: |
Cerithidea Swainson, 1840 |
clade Sorbeoconcha
Cerithidea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.
There used to be three subgenera in the genus Cerithidea: subgenus Cerithea, subgenus Cerithideopsis and subgenus Cerithideopsilla. These have been brought to the status of genus.