MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Cerithium amabile Bayle, 1880) Bayle, E. (1880). Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres et d'espèces. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 28(3): 240-251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919349
page(s): 246 [details]
original description
(of Cerithium gracile G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) 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): 879, pl. 184, figs. 223, 224 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Incorrectly synonymized with Cerithium rostratum Sowerby, 1855 by Houbrick (1992: 158) who wrongly considered that Bayle (1880) had replaced the name Cerithium gracile Pease, 1861 rather than C. gracile Sowerby, 1855. [details]