Cerithiopsis

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Genus of sea snails

title: "Cerithiopsis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cerithiopsis", "cerithiopsidae", "gastropod-genera", "taxa-named-by-edward-forbes", "taxa-named-by-sylvanus-charles-thorp-hanley"] description: "Genus of sea snails" topic_path: "general/cerithiopsis" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerithiopsis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of sea snails ::

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  • Conciliopsis Laseron, 1956
  • Nanopsis Cecalupo & Robba, 2010 (Preoccupied by Nanopsis Freytag, 1974, a genus or subgenus of leafhoppers)

Cerithiopsis is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cerithiopsidae.

Distribution

This genus occurs in the Caribbean Sea including Cuba, in the Atlantic Ocean including the Cape Verde islands and Angola and in the Indian Ocean including the Aldabra Atoll.

Species

Species within the genus Cerithiopsis include:

References

  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2010). Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137764 on 13 June 2012
  2. Cossmann (M.) & Peyrot (A.), 1922 - Conchologie néogènique de l'Aquitaine. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, t. 73, p. 5-321

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