WoRMS taxon details
Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846)
139072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139072)
accepted
Species
Cerithiella hanleyana Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerithiella whiteavesii (A. E. Verrill, 1880) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithiopsis bizonalis Jeffreys, 1885 · unaccepted
Cerithiopsis whiteavesii (A. E. Verrill, 1880) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithium bicinctum Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerithium gracile Jeffreys, 1885 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium gracile Lamarck, 1804, and several others
Cerithium metula Lovén, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cerithium metulatum Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of...)
unjustified emendation of specific epithet
Cerithium nitidum Forbes, 1847 · unaccepted
Cerithium procerum Jeffreys, 1877 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium procerum Kiener, 1841
Lovenella whiteavesii A. E. Verrill, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Cerithium metula Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): 23 [details]
page(s): 23 [details]
Distribution Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait)
Distribution Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139072 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cerithium metula Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Cerithium procerum Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys, J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Patellidae and other families of Gastropoda procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 19: 231-243., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456858
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Cerithium nitidum Forbes, 1847) McAndrew R. & Forbes E. (1847). Notices of new or rare British animals observed during cruises in 1845 and 1846. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History 19</i>: 96-98, pl. 9 [details]
original description (of Lovenella whiteavesii A. E. Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336
page(s): p. 396. [details]
original description (of Cerithium gracile Jeffreys, 1885) Jeffreys, J. G. (1885). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70 (Part IX). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1885 : 27-63, pl. 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015014
page(s): 55-56; pl. 6 fig. 3-3a [details]
original description (of Cerithiopsis bizonalis Jeffreys, 1885) Jeffreys, J. G. (1885). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70 (Part IX). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1885 : 27-63, pl. 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015014
page(s): 62; pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Cerithium metulatum Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 181 [details]
original description (of Cerithiella macrocephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1897). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1896. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 10: 139-234, pl. 3-7., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10107630 [details]
original description (of Cerithiella hanleyana Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): p.123; note: as C. ? Hanleyana [details]
original description (of Cerithium bicinctum Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Cerithium procerum Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys, J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Patellidae and other families of Gastropoda procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 19: 231-243., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456858
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Cerithium nitidum Forbes, 1847) McAndrew R. & Forbes E. (1847). Notices of new or rare British animals observed during cruises in 1845 and 1846. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History 19</i>: 96-98, pl. 9 [details]
original description (of Lovenella whiteavesii A. E. Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336
page(s): p. 396. [details]
original description (of Cerithium gracile Jeffreys, 1885) Jeffreys, J. G. (1885). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70 (Part IX). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1885 : 27-63, pl. 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015014
page(s): 55-56; pl. 6 fig. 3-3a [details]
original description (of Cerithiopsis bizonalis Jeffreys, 1885) Jeffreys, J. G. (1885). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70 (Part IX). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1885 : 27-63, pl. 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015014
page(s): 62; pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Cerithium metulatum Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 181 [details]
original description (of Cerithiella macrocephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1897). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1896. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 10: 139-234, pl. 3-7., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10107630 [details]
original description (of Cerithiella hanleyana Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): p.123; note: as C. ? Hanleyana [details]
original description (of Cerithium bicinctum Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155 [in English]. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. <i>Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3</i>: 579-840, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54708230 [details]
additional source Nützel, A. (1998). Uber die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). <em>Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe E Palaeobiologie.</em> 26: 1-229 ("1997")., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266621910_Uber_die_Stammesgeschichte_der_Ptenoglossa_Gastropoda
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. <i>Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3</i>: 579-840, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54708230 [details]
additional source Nützel, A. (1998). Uber die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). <em>Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe E Palaeobiologie.</em> 26: 1-229 ("1997")., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266621910_Uber_die_Stammesgeschichte_der_Ptenoglossa_Gastropoda
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]Habitat bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | obelisksnegl | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cerithium nitidum Forbes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Cerithium procerum Jeffreys, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cerithiella macrocephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Cerithium gracile Jeffreys, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications) (from synonym Cerithium metula Lovén, 1846)
To Dyntaxa
To Malacopics (Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Brekstad, Trondheimfjord, at...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cerithiella whiteavesii (A. E. Verrill, 1880))
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium metula Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium gracile Jeffreys, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithiopsis bizonalis Jeffreys, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium metulatum Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium procerum Jeffreys, 1877)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium nitidum Forbes, 1847)
To PESI (from synonym Lovenella whiteavesii A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithiella macrocephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithiella hanleyana Monterosato, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium bicinctum Jeffreys, 1867)
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cerithiella whiteavesii (A. E. Verrill, 1880))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cerithium nitidum Forbes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Cerithium procerum Jeffreys, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cerithiella macrocephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Cerithium gracile Jeffreys, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications) (from synonym Cerithium metula Lovén, 1846)
To Dyntaxa
To Malacopics (Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Brekstad, Trondheimfjord, at...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cerithiella whiteavesii (A. E. Verrill, 1880))
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium metula Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium gracile Jeffreys, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithiopsis bizonalis Jeffreys, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium metulatum Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium procerum Jeffreys, 1877)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium nitidum Forbes, 1847)
To PESI (from synonym Lovenella whiteavesii A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithiella macrocephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithiella hanleyana Monterosato, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium bicinctum Jeffreys, 1867)
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cerithiella whiteavesii (A. E. Verrill, 1880))
To ITIS
