Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Argyropeza divina		Indo-West Pacific.		1901
Argyropeza leucocephala		Eastern Pacific.		1886
Argyropeza schepmaniana		Western Central Pacific		1912
Argyropeza verecunda		Western Indian Ocean		1903
Bittiolum alternatum		Northwest Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1822
Bittiolum fastigiatum		Northwest Atlantic.		1864
Bittiolum varium	Grass cerith	Western Atlantic	0.7 DL	1840
Bittium aedonium		Atlantic Ocean.	0.4 DL	1880
Bittium alabastrulum		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1876
Bittium alternatum		Western Atlantic.	6 DL	1822
Bittium anembatum		Western Indian Ocean		1904
Bittium arenaense		Western Indian Ocean		1951
Bittium attenuatum	Slender bittium	Northeast Pacific	1.5 SHH	1864
Bittium caraboboense		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1962
Bittium catalinense		Western Atlantic.		1907
Bittium cerralvoense		Western Atlantic.		1911
Bittium circa		Mediterranean Sea.		2006
Bittium delicatum		Atlantic Ocean.	0.3 DL	1880
Bittium eschrichtii	Threaded bittium	Northeast Pacific	2 NG	1849
Bittium fetellum		Northeast Pacific		1911
Bittium galactis		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1876
Bittium glareosum		Pacific Ocean.		1861
Bittium impendens		Central Pacific.		1899
Bittium incile		Mediterranean Sea.		1897
Bittium johnstonae		Mediterranean Sea.		1911
Bittium lacteum		Mediterranean Sea.		1836
Bittium larum		Mediterranean Sea.		1911
Bittium latreillii		Mediterranean Sea.		1826
Bittium lima		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1792
Bittium lusciniae		Atlantic Ocean.	0.4 DL	1880
Bittium mexicanum		Atlantic Ocean.		1911
Bittium munitum		Canada		1864
Bittium nicholsi		Canada		1911
Bittium oldroydae		Canada		1911
Bittium perparvulum		Canada
Bittium philomelae		Atlantic Ocean.	0.3 DL	1880
Bittium pigrum		Atlantic Ocean.	0.9 DL	1880
Bittium quadrifilatum		Atlantic Ocean.		1864
Bittium reticulatum	Small needle whelk	Northeast Atlantic and th	1 TL	1778
Bittium sanjuanense		Canada		1917
Bittium sergentum		Western Central Pacific		1930
Bittium simplex		Mediterranean Sea.		1867
Bittium subplanatum		Mediterranean Sea.		1911
Bittium vancouverense		Mediterranean Sea.		1910
Bittium variegatum		Western Pacific		1971
Bittium varium		Western Pacific	6.5 DL	1840
Cacozeliana granarium		Eastern Indian Ocean		1842
Cassiella abylensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1987
Cerithidium actinium		Eastern Pacific		1980
Cerithidium cerithinum		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi		1849
Cerithidium diplax		Indo-Pacific. Introduced		1886
Cerithidium perparvulum		Eastern Central Pacific a		1886
Cerithidium submammillatum		Mediterranean Sea.		1854
Cerithiella amblytera		Atlantic Ocean.	0.6 TL	1880
Cerithiella erecta		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1912
Cerithiella metula		Mediterranean Sea, Northe	1.1 DL	1846
Cerithiella nucleoproducta		Southwest Pacific		1956
Cerithiella pileata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1951
Cerithiella producta		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1927
Cerithiella stiria		Southwest Pacific		1906
Cerithiella whiteavesi		Arctic		1880
Cerithioclava garciai		Western Atlantic.	9.2 DL	1986
Cerithium abditum		Western Pacific		1992
Cerithium adansonii		Indo-West Pacific		1792
Cerithium alucastrum		Mediterranean Sea.		1814
Cerithium alutaceum		Western Central Pacific		1861
Cerithium alveolus		Central Pacific		1854
Cerithium amirantium		Eastern Central Pacific		1884
Cerithium atratum	Dark cerith	Western Atlantic	5 ShL	1778
Cerithium atromarginatum	Black lipped cerith	Indo-Pacific.		1828
Cerithium balteatum		Western Pacific.		1848
Cerithium bayeri		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL	2001
Cerithium boeticum		Eastern Central Pacific		1860
Cerithium buzzurroi		Western Central Pacific		2005
Cerithium caeruleum	Cerithium snail	Western Indian Ocean.		1855
Cerithium caribbaeum		Western Indian Ocean.		1946
Cerithium citrinum	Yellow cerith	Indo-West Pacific.	5 ShH	1855
Cerithium claviforme		Western Pacific		1907
Cerithium columna		Indo-Pacific.		1855
Cerithium coralium	Coral cerith	Indo-West Pacific.	5 SHL	1841
Cerithium dialeucum		Indo-Pacific.		1849
Cerithium eburneum	Ivory cerith	Western Central Atlantic	4.3 NG	1792
Cerithium echinatum	Spinose cerith	Indo-Pacific.	8 SHL	1822
Cerithium egenum	Needle snail	Indo-Pacific.		1849
Cerithium flemischi		Western Central Pacific		1933
Cerithium gemmatum		Southeast Pacific		1844
Cerithium guinaicum	Guinea cerith	Western Atlantic.	4.5 ShL	1849
Cerithium interstriatum		Indo-Pacific.		1855
Cerithium kobelti		Western Pacific	3.5 ShH	1877
Cerithium koperbergi		Western Central Pacific		1907
Cerithium leptocharactum		Southeast Pacific		1980
Cerithium lifuense		Western Pacific.	3.5 ShH	1895
Cerithium lindae		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1987
Cerithium lissum		Western Pacific		1880
Cerithium litteratum	Stocky cerith	Eastern Central Pacific a	3.4 NG	1778
Cerithium lividulum		Mediterranean Sea.		1826
Cerithium lutosum	Variable cerith	Western Central Atlantic.	2 NG	1828
Cerithium maculosum		Western Central Atlantic.		1841
Cerithium madreporicolum		Western Central Pacific		1930
Cerithium menkei		Southeast Pacific		1857
Cerithium moniliferum		Indo-West Pacific		1842
Cerithium munitum		Indo-West Pacific.		1855
Cerithium muscarum	Flyspeck cerith	Western Central Atlantic	2.6 DL	1822
Cerithium mutabile		Western Central Atlantic		1804
Cerithium nesioticum		Indo-Pacific and the Medi		1906
Cerithium nodulosum	Giant knobbed cerith	Indo-Pacific. The form o	15 SHL	1792
Cerithium novaehollandiae		Eastern Indian Ocean		1855
Cerithium ophioderma		Pacific Ocean		1968
Cerithium pacificum		Pacific Ocean.		1992
Cerithium placidum		Eastern Central Pacific		1861
Cerithium planum		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1839
Cerithium protractum		Mediterranean Sea.		1838
Cerithium punctatum		Indo-Pacific.		1792
Cerithium rehderi		Eastern Central Pacific		1992
Cerithium renovatum		Mediterranean Sea.		1884
Cerithium rostratum	Beaked cerith	Pacific Ocean.		1855
Cerithium rueppelli		Western Indian Ocean		1848
Cerithium salebrosum	Uneven cerith	Central Pacific.		1855
Cerithium scabridum		Indo-West Pacific and the		1848
Cerithium scobiniforme		Western Central Pacific		1992
Cerithium stercusmuscarum		Southeast Pacific		1833
Cerithium stigmosum		Western Central Pacific		1861
Cerithium tenellum		Central Pacific.	2.5 TL	1855
Cerithium torulosum		Eastern Central Pacific		1767
Cerithium traillii	Traill's cerith	Western Pacific.		1855
Cerithium uncinatum		Southeast Pacific		1791
Cerithium variabile	Variable horn-shell	Western Central Atlantic		1833
Cerithium versicolor		Western Central Atlantic		1848
Cerithium vulgatum	Common cerithe	Mediterranean Sea.	6.5 SHL	1792
Cerithium zebrum		Indo-Pacific.		1841
Cerithium zonatum	Belted horn	Indo-Pacific.		1828
Clypeomorus adunca		Western Central Pacific		1849
Clypeomorus batillariaeformis	Necklace cerith	Indo-Pacific.	3 SHL	1966
Clypeomorus bifasciata	Morus cerith	Indo-Pacific and the Red	3 SHL	1855
Clypeomorus brevis		Pacific Ocean.	3 ShH	1834
Clypeomorus chemnitzianus	Chemnitz cerith	Western Pacific	3.5 ShH	1901
Clypeomorus coralium		Western Central Pacific	4 ShH	1841
Clypeomorus humilis		Western Pacific	2.5 ShH	1861
Clypeomorus inflata		Western Central Pacific		1834
Clypeomorus moniliferus		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH	1841
Clypeomorus nympha		Indo-Pacific.		1985
Clypeomorus patulum		Western Central Pacific	2.5 TL	1855
Clypeomorus pellucida	Pellucid cerith	Western Pacific.		1852
Clypeomorus petrosa		Western Central Pacific		1828
Clypeomorus petrosus		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH	1828
Clypeomorus purpurastoma		Western Pacific.		1985
Clypeomorus subbreviculus		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH	1925
Clypeomorus traillii		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH	1855
Clypeomorus tuberculatus		Western Central Pacific	4 ShH	1758
Clypeomorus zonatus		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1828
Colina macrostoma		Western Pacific		1844
Colina pinguis		Western Indian Ocean.		1855
Fastigiella carinata		Western Atlantic.	5.3 DL	1848
Ittibittium oryza		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1876
Ittibittium parcum		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1861
Lirobittium armillatum		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1864
Lirobittium attenuatum	Slender cerith	Eastern Pacific.		1864
Lirobittium fetellum		Eastern Pacific.		1911
Lirobittium johnstonae		Eastern Pacific.		1911
Lirobittium larum		Eastern Pacific.		1911
Lirobittium lomaense		Eastern Pacific.		1911
Lirobittium oldroydae		Eastern Pacific.		1911
Lirobittium purpureum		Eastern Pacific.		1864
Lirobittium quadrifilatum	Four-thread cerith	East Pacific.		1864
Lirobittium rugatum		East Pacific.		1864
Lirobittium serra		East Pacific.		1917
Plesiotrochus luteus		Eastern Central Pacific		1861
Plesiotrochus pagodiformis		Western Central Pacific		1907
Plesiotrochus souverbianus		Western Indian Ocean		1878
Plesiotrochus unicinctus		Western Pacific		1853
Pseudovertagus aluco	Aluco vertagus	Indo-Pacific.	10 SHL	1758
Pseudovertagus clava		Indo-Pacific.		1791
Pseudovertagus nobilis	Noble vertagus	Western Central Pacific		1855
Rhinoclavis abbasi		Western Central Pacific		2022
Rhinoclavis articulata	Articulate vertagus	Pacific Ocean. Tropical		1850
Rhinoclavis aspera	Rough vertagus	Indo-Pacific.	6 ShH	1758
Rhinoclavis diadema		Western Pacific		1978
Rhinoclavis fasciata	Banded vertagus	Indo-Pacific.	9.5 SHL	1792
Rhinoclavis kochi	Koch's cerith	Indo-West Pacific. Intro	4 ShH	1848
Rhinoclavis longicaudata		Western Pacific.	6 ShH	1850
Rhinoclavis matukense		Central Pacific		1880
Rhinoclavis obeliscus		Western Central Pacific
Rhinoclavis sinensis	Obelisk vertagus	Indo-Pacific.	7 SHL	1791
Rhinoclavis sordidula	Dwarf vertagus	Indo-West Pacific.		1849
Rhinoclavis vertagus	Common vertagus	Indo-West Pacific	7 SHL	1758
Scaliola arenosa		Western Indian Ocean		1862
Scaliola bella		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1860
Scaliola elata		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Scaliola gracilis		Northwest Pacific
Stylidium eschrichtii	Threaded cerith	Eastern Pacific		1849
Styliferina goniochila		Indo-West Pacific.		1860
Varicopeza crystallina		Western Central Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1881
Zebittium editum		Western Central Atlantic.		1930

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Family: Cerithiidae ceriths(See list of species below)

Family: Cerithiidae ceriths

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