Cerithium atratum Born 1778 (cerith snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae

Alternative combination: Murex atratus

Synonyms: Cerithium (Thericium) vicinia Olson and Harbison 1953, Cerithium caudatum Sowerby 1855, Cerithium floridanum Mörch 1876

Full reference: I. Born. 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis - Pars I ma Testacea - Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k k Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien - Erster Theil - Schalthiere - Vindobonae 1-458

Belongs to Cerithium according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Born 1778 and Petuch and Roberts 2007

Sister taxa: Cerithium columna, Cerithium (Cerithium), Cerithium (Chondrocerithium), Cerithium (Contumax), Cerithium (Horizostoma), Cerithium (Nigerithium), Cerithium (Perucerithium), Cerithium (Ptychocerithium), Cerithium (Tympanotonus), Cerithium (Uchauxia), Cerithium abietiforme, Cerithium acicula, Cerithium acuticosta, Cerithium adansonii, Cerithium adenense, Cerithium agervallensis, Cerithium anguloseptum, Cerithium angulosum, Cerithium annulatum, Cerithium asperellum, Cerithium bacillum, Cerithium bardiei, Cerithium basiplanum, Cerithium bermotiense, Cerithium bhagothorense, Cerithium bicarinatum, Cerithium bicostellatum, Cerithium bifasciatum, Cerithium biokense, Cerithium boeticum, Cerithium branneri, Cerithium butterworthi, Cerithium caeruleum, Cerithium calcitrapoides, Cerithium calculosum, Cerithium cancellatum, Cerithium chatwini, Cerithium chiemiense, Cerithium cinctum, Cerithium citrinum, Cerithium clarki, Cerithium clavatulatum, Cerithium clavosum, Cerithium clavus, Cerithium columna, Cerithium columnare, Cerithium confluens, Cerithium conoidale, Cerithium conoideum, Cerithium corvinum, Cerithium costaricensis, Cerithium crassecostatum, Cerithium cribrarium, Cerithium cristatohirtum, Cerithium cristatum, Cerithium dallagonis, Cerithium damonis, Cerithium denticulatum, Cerithium depontaillieri, Cerithium deprati, Cerithium derivatum, Cerithium dominicense, Cerithium donati, Cerithium dumblei, Cerithium eburneum, Cerithium echidnoides, Cerithium echinatum, Cerithium emarginatum, Cerithium emersoni, Cerithium erythraeonense, Cerithium fairbanksi, Cerithium filosum, Cerithium flemischi, Cerithium fodicatum, Cerithium gracile, Cerithium granosum, Cerithium grillanum, Cerithium guinaicum, Cerithium harrisii, Cerithium harudiensis, Cerithium hemes, Cerithium herculeanum, Cerithium herklotsi, Cerithium hexagonum, Cerithium hopkinsi, Cerithium iddingsi, Cerithium incertum, Cerithium incisum, Cerithium infranodatum, Cerithium insulatum, Cerithium interruptum, Cerithium inversum, Cerithium involutum, Cerithium isabellae, Cerithium jablaui, Cerithium jekeliusi, Cerithium lallierianum, Cerithium lamellosum, Cerithium lapidorum, Cerithium larva, Cerithium leithi, Cerithium lethe, Cerithium litteratum, Cerithium lukenderi, Cerithium lutosum, Cerithium macarum, Cerithium madreporicola, Cerithium markusreuteri, Cerithium mediale, Cerithium melanoides, Cerithium meneghinii, Cerithium meneguzzoi, Cerithium mexicanum, Cerithium microlineatum, Cerithium mitra, Cerithium monteiroi, Cerithium multiforme, Cerithium muricoides, Cerithium muscarum, Cerithium mysterium, Cerithium negritosense, Cerithium nicaraguense, Cerithium nodoliratum, Cerithium nudum, Cerithium obesum, Cerithium paskentaense, Cerithium perforatum, Cerithium perpulchrum, Cerithium petitclerci, Cerithium petricolum, Cerithium pillingi, Cerithium pleurotomoides, Cerithium progoensis, Cerithium pseudoobeliscus, Cerithium puigcercosensis, Cerithium punctatum, Cerithium purpura, Cerithium quadrisulcatum, Cerithium riachuelanum, Cerithium rodeoensis, Cerithium rugosum, Cerithium scabridum, Cerithium scabrum, Cerithium scalarioideum, Cerithium sculptum, Cerithium sculptum, Cerithium semigranosum, Cerithium semirugatum, Cerithium siliceum, Cerithium silvaportoi, Cerithium simplex, Cerithium simpsonensis, Cerithium sindiense, Cerithium soldadense, Cerithium sphaeruliferum, Cerithium spiratum, Cerithium stoddardi, Cerithium stracheyi, Cerithium strigosum, Cerithium subbrevicula, Cerithium subcylindraceum, Cerithium subscalariforme, Cerithium substriatum, Cerithium subulatum, Cerithium tenellum, Cerithium tenuifilosum, Cerithium terebrale, Cerithium thiara, Cerithium thoas, Cerithium tinkeri, Cerithium totiumsanctorum, Cerithium traillii, Cerithium travancorense, Cerithium trilineatum, Cerithium trinchinopolitense, Cerithium trochiforme, Cerithium trochleare, Cerithium tuberculosum, Cerithium turritellatum, Cerithium turritellatum, Cerithium umbilicatum, Cerithium umbrellatum, Cerithium unisulcatum, Cerithium vandenheckei, Cerithium variculosum, Cerithium venustum, Cerithium vittatum, Cerithium weeksi, Cerithium wilya, Cerithium xenium, Cerithium zebrum, Cerithium zekelii, Cerithium zigzag, Cerithium zonatum, Conocerithium (Conocerithium)

Ecology: epifaunal herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cuba (2 collections), Haiti (3), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (1), United States (9: Florida)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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