WoRMS taxon details
Cerithium caeruleum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855
216702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216702)
accepted
Species
Cerithium caeruleum var. minima H. Fischer & Vignal, 1901 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cerithium tuberculatum Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clypeomorus caeruleum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vertagus schroteri Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Cerithium caeruleum var. minima H. Fischer & Vignal, 1901 accepted as Cerithium caeruleum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 (original combination)
marine
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i>, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (16): 847–899, pl. 176–186. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076091
page(s): 866, pl. 179, figs. 61, 62 [details]
page(s): 866, pl. 179, figs. 61, 62 [details]
Type locality contained in Red Sea
type locality contained in Red Sea [details]
Description Habitat: rocky shores
Shell up to 4 cm, with a single row of nodules and two or more rows of tiny beads on whorls....
Shell up to 4 cm, with a single row of nodules and two or more rows of tiny beads on whorls....
Description Habitat: rocky shores
Shell up to 4 cm, with a single row of nodules and two or more rows of tiny beads on whorls. Occasionally with tooth on columella near a reduced anal canal. Colour dirty greyish-white, with white aperture. Habitat: on rocks in the mid-eulittoral zone and deeper. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Shell up to 4 cm, with a single row of nodules and two or more rows of tiny beads on whorls. Occasionally with tooth on columella near a reduced anal canal. Colour dirty greyish-white, with white aperture. Habitat: on rocks in the mid-eulittoral zone and deeper. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium caeruleum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216702 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i>, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (16): 847–899, pl. 176–186. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076091
page(s): 866, pl. 179, figs. 61, 62 [details]
original description (of Vertagus schroteri Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 58; note: as Schröteri [details]
original description (of Cerithium caeruleum var. minima H. Fischer & Vignal, 1901) Fischer, H. (1901). Liste des coquilles recueillies par M. de Gennes à Djibouti et Ali-Sabieh, avec description de plusieurs formes nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 49: 96-130, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15860257 [details]
original description (of Cerithium tuberculatum Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 75 [details]
basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1992). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i> Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 510: 1-211., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5554 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 866, pl. 179, figs. 61, 62 [details]
original description (of Vertagus schroteri Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 58; note: as Schröteri [details]
original description (of Cerithium caeruleum var. minima H. Fischer & Vignal, 1901) Fischer, H. (1901). Liste des coquilles recueillies par M. de Gennes à Djibouti et Ali-Sabieh, avec description de plusieurs formes nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 49: 96-130, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15860257 [details]
original description (of Cerithium tuberculatum Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 75 [details]
basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1992). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i> Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 510: 1-211., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5554 [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
Chambers, M. R. (1980). Zonation, abundance and biomass of gastropods from two Hong Kong Rocky. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first International workshop on the malacofaunal of Hong Kong and Southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 139-148. [details]
additional source Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Habitat: rocky shoresShell up to 4 cm, with a single row of nodules and two or more rows of tiny beads on whorls. Occasionally with tooth on columella near a reduced anal canal. Colour dirty greyish-white, with white aperture. Habitat: on rocks in the mid-eulittoral zone and deeper. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Remark Family 'Cerithidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Cerithium tuberculatum Lamarck, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Conchology (Cerithium caeruleum)
To Conchology (Cerithium caeruleum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerithium caeruleum)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cerithium caeruleum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 Egypt, Jan?b S?n?’, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab,...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Cerithium caeruleum SOWERBY G.B. (II), 1855; Figuré; F.A26863)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-36262) (from synonym Cerithium caeruleum var. minima H. Fischer & Vignal, 1901)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Cerithium tuberculatum Lamarck, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Conchology (Cerithium caeruleum)
To Conchology (Cerithium caeruleum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerithium caeruleum)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cerithium caeruleum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 Egypt, Jan?b S?n?’, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab,...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Cerithium caeruleum SOWERBY G.B. (II), 1855; Figuré; F.A26863)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-36262) (from synonym Cerithium caeruleum var. minima H. Fischer & Vignal, 1901)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
