Cerithium
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Cerithium Temporal range: Triassic–Recent |
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| Two views of a shell of Cerithium echinatum, the "spiny creeper" | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Cerithiidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerithiinae |
| Genus: |
Cerithium Bruguière, 1789 |
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clade Sorbeoconcha
Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.
Species within this genus include:
The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent periods (age range: from 221.5 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world. There are about 100 extinct species including:
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