Species List for Family: Cerithiidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Cerithiidae (Family)
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- Zebittium editum Powell, 1930
Height 6mm, Width 2mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Thee Kings and Poor Knights Islands
- Zebittium exile (Hutton, 1873)
Height 5.5mm, Width 2.0mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South and Stewart Island
- Zebittium laevicordatum Powell, 1937
Height 4.0mm, Width 1.5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands - Cerithium abditum Houbrick, 1992
Length 15.4mm, Width 4.5mm
Marine
Indo-West Pacific, from Philippines south through New Caledonia to the Kermadec Islands - Cerithium atromarginatum Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
Length 15.5mm, Width 6.0mm
Marine
Indo-Pacific region from east Africa to Hawaii and Easter Island. Kermadec Islands - Cerithium citrinum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
Length 50mm, Width 19.6mm
Marine
East Africa, Madagascar, and southern India to Western Australia and Indian Ocean Islands. Western Pacific, Japan to Kermadec Islands - Cerithium columna (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Height 50mm, Width 20.8mm
Marine
Mediterranean; Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific, Kermadec Islands - Cerithium matukense R.B. Watson, 1880
Length 70mm, Width 18mm
MarineWestern Pacific around the Philippines, Borneo, Guam, Fiji,New Caledonia, and south to the Kermadecs - Cerithium nesioticum Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1906
Length 22mm
Marine
Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and throughout the Tropical Western Pacific. Kermadec Islands - Cerithium ophioderma (Habe, 1968)
Length 51mm
Marine
Western Central Pacific, Kermadec Islands. 50-275 metres - Royella sinon (Bayle, 1880)
Length 29mm
Marine
Indo-Pacific, Japan to Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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