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Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832
419523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419523)
accepted
Species
Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum Mörch, 1876 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of C....)
unjustified emendation of C. muscarum Say, 1832
Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum var. minor Mörch, 1876 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cerithium callisoma Dall, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cerithium muscarum var. protracta Vignal, 1902 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cerithium notatum Menke, 1828 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Thericium chara Pilsbry, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987 accepted as Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832 (original combination)
- Variety Cerithium muscarum var. protracta Vignal, 1902 accepted as Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832 (original combination)
marine
Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): part 5, pl. 49 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): part 5, pl. 49 fig. 1 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419523 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): part 5, pl. 49 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Cerithium callisoma Dall, 1892 †) Dall, W. H. (1892). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial refrence to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. 2. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia.</em> 3(2): 201-473., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31456881
page(s): 282-283, pl. 14, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Thericium chara Pilsbry, 1949) Pilsbry, H. A. (1949). New Cerithiidae from Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 63(2): 65-66; 63(1): pl. 1, figs. 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520542
page(s): 65-66, pl. 1, fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Cerithium notatum Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 33 [details]
original description (of Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum Mörch, 1876) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1876). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 23: 45-58, 87-143., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854452
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987) Petuch, E. J. (1987). <i>New Caribbean molluscan faunas</i>. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Cerithium muscarum var. protracta Vignal, 1902) Vignal L. (1902). Description de Cérithidés nouveaux. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 49(4): 303-305 ["1901"; published 28 April 1902]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15860472
page(s): 305, pl. 8 figs 9-10 [details]
original description (of Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum var. minor Mörch, 1876) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1876). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 23: 45-58, 87-143., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854452
page(s): 111 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Houbrick, R. S. (1974). Growth studies on the genus <i>Cerithium</i> (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with notes on ecology and microhabitats. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 88(1): 14-27, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097322 [details]
page(s): part 5, pl. 49 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Cerithium callisoma Dall, 1892 †) Dall, W. H. (1892). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial refrence to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. 2. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia.</em> 3(2): 201-473., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31456881
page(s): 282-283, pl. 14, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Thericium chara Pilsbry, 1949) Pilsbry, H. A. (1949). New Cerithiidae from Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 63(2): 65-66; 63(1): pl. 1, figs. 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520542
page(s): 65-66, pl. 1, fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Cerithium notatum Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 33 [details]
original description (of Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum Mörch, 1876) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1876). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 23: 45-58, 87-143., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854452
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987) Petuch, E. J. (1987). <i>New Caribbean molluscan faunas</i>. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cerithium muscarum var. protracta Vignal, 1902) Vignal L. (1902). Description de Cérithidés nouveaux. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 49(4): 303-305 ["1901"; published 28 April 1902]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15860472
page(s): 305, pl. 8 figs 9-10 [details]
original description (of Cerithium (Vertagus) stercusmuscarum var. minor Mörch, 1876) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1876). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 23: 45-58, 87-143., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854452
page(s): 111 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Houbrick, R. S. (1974). Growth studies on the genus <i>Cerithium</i> (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with notes on ecology and microhabitats. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 88(1): 14-27, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097322 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Thericium chara. Pilsbry, 1949. Nautilus 63 (2): 65-66, pl. 1, fig. 11 - catalog no. 185477) (from synonym Thericium chara Pilsbry, 1949)
To Malacopics (Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832 United States, Florida, Sarasota Co., Sarasota, collected December 1975, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987 Holotype USNM 859822) (from synonym Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987)
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832 United States, Florida, Sarasota Co., Sarasota, collected December 1975, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987 Holotype USNM 859822) (from synonym Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987)
To ITIS
