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Cerastus E. von Martens, 1860
933389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:933389)
accepted
Genus
Bulimus distans L. Pfeiffer, 1857 accepted as Cerastus distans (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (type by original designation)
Buliminus (Cerastus) E. von Martens, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Bulimus (Cerastus) E. von Martens, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Cerastua Strand, 1928 · unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name for...)
unnecessary substitute name for Cerastus
Ena (Cerastus) E. von Martens, 1860 · unaccepted (distinct genus)
- Species Cerastus abbadianus (Bourguignat, 1883)
- Species Cerastus abyssinicus (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
- Species Cerastus achatinoides Connolly, 1931
- Species Cerastus achilli (Bourguignat, 1883)
- Species Cerastus albidus Thiele, 1933
- Species Cerastus albonotatus (Verdcourt, 1974)
- Species Cerastus altus Thiele, 1933
- Species Cerastus alzonai Bacci, 1940
- Species Cerastus amaliae Kobelt, 1903
- Species Cerastus ambouliensis (Jousseaume, 1899)
- Species Cerastus antorinii (Pollonera, 1887)
- Species Cerastus bambuseti (E. von Martens, 1900)
- Species Cerastus baringi (Verdcourt, 1963)
- Species Cerastus bequaerti Pilsbry, 1919
- Species Cerastus boccardi (Pollonera, 1898)
- Species Cerastus boothi (Tomlin, 1910)
- Species Cerastus carolinae Kobelt, 1910
- Species Cerastus chefneuxi (Bourguignat, 1885)
- Species Cerastus corneus Thiele, 1933
- Species Cerastus daroliensis Kobelt, 1903
- Species Cerastus delicatula Preston, 1910
- Species Cerastus densus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Species Cerastus distans (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Species Cerastus elatus Thiele, 1933
- Species Cerastus ellerbecki Kobelt, 1903
- Species Cerastus erlangeri Kobelt, 1901
- Species Cerastus fairbanki (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Species Cerastus featheri (Tomlin, 1910)
- Species Cerastus flavicans (Van Goethem & Adam, 1978)
- Species Cerastus franzhuberi Thach, 2020
- Species Cerastus galinierianus (Bourguignat, 1883)
- Species Cerastus garamulatae Kobelt, 1901
- Species Cerastus girwanensis Connolly, 1941
- Species Cerastus harrisii (Reeve, 1850)
- Species Cerastus hemprichi (Jickeli, 1874)
- Species Cerastus herbini (Bourguignat, 1883)
- Species Cerastus hyznyi Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2016 †
- Species Cerastus inflatus Thiele, 1933
- Species Cerastus jerdoni (Reeve, 1848)
- Species Cerastus jickelianus (G. Nevill, 1878)
- Species Cerastus kellaensis Thiele, 1933
- Species Cerastus kempi Preston, 1913
- Species Cerastus lucasi Pilsbry, 1919
- Species Cerastus lycanianus (Innes, 1884)
- Species Cerastus lymnaeiformis F. Haas, 1936
- Species Cerastus malabaricus (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Species Cerastus malleatus Kobelt, 1901
- Species Cerastus miocenicus Verdcourt, 1963 †
- Species Cerastus moellendorffi Kobelt, 1903
- Species Cerastus moussonianus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
- Species Cerastus neumanni Kobelt, 1901
- Species Cerastus olivieri (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Species Cerastus partulaeformis Preston, 1913
- Species Cerastus plicatus Thiele, 1933
- Species Cerastus praeinsularis Neubert & Van Damme, 2012 †
- Species Cerastus procrastinationis (van Bruggen, 1993)
- Species Cerastus pseudoena Neubert & Van Damme, 2012 †
- Species Cerastus putealis Connolly, 1930
- Species Cerastus raffrayi (Bourguignat, 1883)
- Species Cerastus regalis Thiele, 1933
- Species Cerastus roosevelti (Dall, 1910)
- Species Cerastus rothschildianus (H. Neuville & R. Anthony, 1905)
- Species Cerastus rueppellianus Kobelt, 1901
- Species Cerastus sacconii (Pollonera, 1888)
- Species Cerastus schweinfurthi (E. von Martens, 1895)
- Species Cerastus scioanus (Pollonera, 1888)
- Species Cerastus scotti Connolly, 1941
- Species Cerastus segregatus (Reeve, 1849)
- Species Cerastus simonis (Bourguignat, 1883)
- Species Cerastus somaliensis (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Species Cerastus stilifer Thiele, 1933
- Species Cerastus tamisierianus (Bourguignat, 1883)
- Species Cerastus tenuidecussatus (Verdcourt, 1970)
- Species Cerastus trapezoideus (E. von Martens, 1892)
- Species Cerastus upembae (Van Goethem & Adam, 1978)
- Species Cerastus vexillum (Thiele, 1911)
- Species Cerastus vigonii (Pollonera, 1888)
- Subgenus Cerastus (Paracerastus) Thiele, 1934 accepted as Paracerastus Thiele, 1934 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Cerastus (Petraeocerastus) Kobelt, 1902 accepted as Euryptyxis P. Fischer, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Cerastus (Xerocerastus) Kobelt & Mollendorff, 1902 accepted as Xerocerastus Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1902 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cerastus dinshawi Sykes, 1903 accepted as Euryptyxis latireflexa (Reeve, 1849) (junior synonym)
- Species Cerastus drymaeoides (Thiele, 1911) accepted as Paracerastus drymaeoides (Thiele, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cerastus habessinicus (Beck, 1837) accepted as Cerastus abyssinicus (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (based on nomen nudum)
- Species Cerastus kivuensis Preston, 1913 accepted as Cerastus bambuseti kivuensis (Preston, 1913)
- Species Cerastus maharasicus (Bourguignat, 1876) accepted as Pupoides coenopictus (T. Hutton, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cerastus major [sic] † accepted as Cerastus miocenicus var. majus Verdcourt, 1963 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Cerastus nobilis Preston, 1911 accepted as Cerastus roosevelti (Dall, 1910) (junior synonym)
- Species Cerastus retirugis (E. von Martens, 1895) accepted as Cerastus trapezoideus trapezoideus (E. von Martens, 1892) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cerastus retivugis (E. von Martens, 1895) accepted as Cerastus trapezoideus trapezoideus (E. von Martens, 1892) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, laps. cal. for retirugis)
- Species Cerastus soleilleti (Bourguignat, 1885) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, name based on junior primary homonym)
recent + fossil
masculine
Not documented
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original description
(of Cerastua Strand, 1928) Strand, E. (1928). Miscellanea nomenclatoria zoologica et palaeontologica. I–II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 92A(8): 30-75.
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original description (of Buliminus (Cerastus) E. von Martens, 1860) Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). <i>Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers</i>. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman [original manuscript of Albers edited and published by Martens]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540
page(s): 232 [details]
additional source Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 17: 333-461.
page(s): 397 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Buliminus (Cerastus) E. von Martens, 1860) Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). <i>Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers</i>. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman [original manuscript of Albers edited and published by Martens]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540
page(s): 232 [details]
additional source Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 17: 333-461.
page(s): 397 [details] Available for editors
