Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Alipta crenistria		Southwest Pacific		1907
Aliptina acheronae		Southwest Pacific		1978
Ataxocerithium fucatum		Western Central Pacific		1861
Ataxocerithium serotinum		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1855
Callisteuma thelcterium		Western Central Pacific		1929
Cerithiella astrolabiensis		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1908
Cerithiella axicostulata		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1987
Cerithiella cepene		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2007
Cerithiella enodis		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1880
Cerithiella macroura		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1912
Cerithiella pernambucoensis		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	2007
Cerithiella seymouriana		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1908
Cerithiopsida diegensis		Western Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsida rowelli		Western Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsidella alcima		Western Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsidella antefilosa		Western Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsidella blacki		Southwest Pacific		1978
Cerithiopsidella cosmia		Southwest Pacific		1907
Cerithiopsilla antarctica		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1907
Cerithiopsilla austrina		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1911
Cerithiopsilla bisculpta		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1908
Cerithiopsilla burdwoodiana		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.4 DL	1912
Cerithiopsilla georgiana		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1886
Cerithiopsilla liouvillei		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1910
Cerithiopsina signa		Western Atlantic.		1921
Cerithiopsis academicorum		Western Central Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1996
Cerithiopsis acontium		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1889
Cerithiopsis aimen		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1996
Cerithiopsis alabastrula		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1876
Cerithiopsis albovittata	White-banded Cerithiopsis	Western Central Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1850
Cerithiopsis alcima		Western Central Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsis althea		Western Central Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis annae		Mediterranean Sea.		2005
Cerithiopsis annaleabeardae		Mediterranean Sea.		2022
Cerithiopsis antemunda		Mediterranean Sea.		1911
Cerithiopsis apicina		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis aquilum		Southeast Pacific		1980
Cerithiopsis ara	Ara Cerithiopsis	Western Central Atlantic	0.3 DL	1911
Cerithiopsis aralia		Western Central Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1953
Cerithiopsis arga		Central Pacific		1979
Cerithiopsis argentea		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis arnoldi		Western Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsis aurea		Western Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsis bakeri		Western Atlantic.		1917
Cerithiopsis balaustium		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	2008
Cerithiopsis barleei		Mediterranean Sea.		1867
Cerithiopsis beneitoi		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2007
Cerithiopsis berryi		Western Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsis bristolae		Western Atlantic.		1938
Cerithiopsis capixaba		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2008
Cerithiopsis caribbaea		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1881
Cerithiopsis carpenteri		Western Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsis cesta		Western Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsis charlottensis		Western Atlantic.		1917
Cerithiopsis cinereoflava		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1876
Cerithiopsis columna		Western Atlantic.		1864
Cerithiopsis cosmia		Western Atlantic.		1907
Cerithiopsis costulatum		Western Atlantic.		1842
Cerithiopsis cruzana		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1959
Cerithiopsis cynthia		Western Central Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsis decora		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis diadema		Mediterranean Sea.		1874
Cerithiopsis diegensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1911
Cerithiopsis diomedeae		Mediterranean Sea.		1911
Cerithiopsis docata		Mediterranean Sea.	0.6 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis dominguezi		Western Central Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1996
Cerithiopsis elima		Western Central Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis eliza		Western Central Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis elsa		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis emersonii	Awl miniature cerith	Northwest Atlantic	11.4 DL	1839
Cerithiopsis familiarum		Western Central Atlantic	0.4 DL	2007
Cerithiopsis fayalensis		Northeast Atlantic	0.4 H	1880
Cerithiopsis flava	Yellow miniature cerith	Western Central Atlantic	0.4 DL	1850
Cerithiopsis floridana		Western Central Atlantic		1892
Cerithiopsis fraseri		Western Central Atlantic		1921
Cerithiopsis fuscoflava		Western Central Atlantic	0.2 DL	1996
Cerithiopsis fusiformis	Fusiform Cerithiopsis	Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1850
Cerithiopsis gemmulosa		Western Atlantic	0.5 DL	1847
Cerithiopsis georgiana		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis gloriosa		Western Atlantic.		1911
Cerithiopsis greenii	Green's miniature cerith	Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1839
Cerithiopsis greppii		Mediterranean Sea.		2005
Cerithiopsis grippi		Mediterranean Sea.		1917
Cerithiopsis guaraniana		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1841
Cerithiopsis guitarti		Western Central Atlantic	0.3 DL	2001
Cerithiopsis halia		Western Central Atlantic		1911
Cerithiopsis hero		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1911
Cerithiopsis honora		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis horrida		Mediterranean Sea.		1874
Cerithiopsis ingens		Mediterranean Sea.		1907
Cerithiopsis io		Western Central Atlantic	0.2 DL	1911
Cerithiopsis iontha		Western Atlantic	0.3 DL	1911
Cerithiopsis iota		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1845
Cerithiopsis iudithae		Mediterranean Sea.		2006
Cerithiopsis jeffreysi		Mediterranean Sea.		1885
Cerithiopsis kinoi		Mediterranean Sea.		1938
Cerithiopsis krisbergi		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2007
Cerithiopsis ladae		Mediterranean Sea.		2007
Cerithiopsis lata		Western Atlantic	0.3 DL	1850
Cerithiopsis leipha		Western Atlantic	1 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis magellanica		Western Atlantic and East	0.9 DL	1911
Cerithiopsis martensii		Western Central Atlantic	1.1 DL	1881
Cerithiopsis matara		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	1889
Cerithiopsis merida		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis metaxae		Western Atlantic.		1829
Cerithiopsis minima		Mediterranean Sea.		1865
Cerithiopsis montereyensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1911
Cerithiopsis movilla		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1911
Cerithiopsis nofronii		Mediterranean Sea.		1987
Cerithiopsis onealensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1921
Cerithiopsis oxys		Mediterranean Sea.		1911
Cerithiopsis paglii		Mediterranean Sea.		2022
Cerithiopsis paramoea		Mediterranean Sea.		1911
Cerithiopsis pedroana		Mediterranean Sea.		1907
Cerithiopsis pellegrinii		Mediterranean Sea.		2022
Cerithiopsis perlata		Mediterranean Sea.		1889
Cerithiopsis pesa		Western Atlantic	0.3 DL	1911
Cerithiopsis petala		Western Atlantic	0.5 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis porteri		Western Atlantic		1938
Cerithiopsis portoi		Western Central Atlantic	0.2 DL	1996
Cerithiopsis powelli		Pacific Ocean		1978
Cerithiopsis prieguei		Western Central Atlantic	0.3 DL	1996
Cerithiopsis pseudomovilla		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1996
Cerithiopsis pulchresculpta		Mediterranean Sea.		2004
Cerithiopsis pulvis		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Cerithiopsis pupa		Mediterranean Sea.	4.3 DL	1901
Cerithiopsis rhyshobbsi		Mediterranean Sea.		2022
Cerithiopsis rugulosum		Mediterranean Sea.		1850
Cerithiopsis scalaris		Mediterranean Sea.		1892
Cerithiopsis serina		Mediterranean Sea.	0.5 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis signa		Mediterranean Sea.		1911
Cerithiopsis sigsbeana		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1881
Cerithiopsis stejnegeri		Canada		1884
Cerithiopsis stephensae		Canada		1909
Cerithiopsis subgloriosa		Canada		1938
Cerithiopsis subreticulata		Northwest Pacific		1860
Cerithiopsis subulata		Northwest Pacific		1808
Cerithiopsis tarruellasi		Mediterranean Sea.		2006
Cerithiopsis tenthrenois		Mediterranean Sea.		1896
Cerithiopsis tubercularis		Mediterranean Sea.		1803
Cerithiopsis tuberculatus		Mediterranean Sea.		1803
Cerithiopsis tumida		Mediterranean Sea.		1907
Cerithiopsis vanhyningi		Western Central Atlantic	0.3 DL	1918
Cerithiopsis vestalis		Western Atlantic.		1854
Cerithiopsis vicola		Western Central Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1911
Cerithiopsis vinca		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1953
Cerithiopsis virginica		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1914
Cerithiopsis vitrea		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1927
Cerithiopsis warmkae		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1988
Costulopsis granata		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Cubalaskeya cubana		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	2008
Cubalaskeya machoi		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	2008
Dizoniopsis coppolae		Mediterranean Sea.		1870
Dizoniopsis micalii		Mediterranean Sea.		1997
Ektonos turbonilloides		Atlantic Ocean.	2.5 DL	1896
Eumetula arctica		Northeast Atlantic and th		1857
Eumetula dilecta		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1912
Eumetula michaelseni		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.4 DL	1905
Eumetula pulla		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.9 SHH	1845
Eumetula strebeli		Antarctic.	0.6 DL	1912
Horologica cowei		Southwest Pacific		1978
Horologica cubensis		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1992
Horologica dirempta		Southwest Pacific
Horologica pinea		Southwest Pacific		1909
Horologica pupa		Western Central Atlantic	0.4 DL	1901
Horologica rauli		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1992
Horologica semipicta		Central Pacific.		1861
Horologica turrigera		Eastern Central Pacific		1886
Joculator albocinctum		Western Central Pacific		1896
Joculator brucei		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1912
Joculator grimalae		Western Atlantic.		2021
Joculator problematicus		Western Atlantic.		2021
Joculator ridiculus		Eastern Central Pacific		1886
Joculator sublima		Southwest Pacific		1978
Joculator uveanus		Eastern Central Pacific		1896
Krachia cossmanni		Mediterranean Sea.		1896
Krachia cylindrata		Mediterranean Sea.		1885
Krachia guernei		Mediterranean Sea.		1896
Krachia tiara		Mediterranean Sea.		1874
Krachiopsis giannuzzii		Mediterranean Sea.		1999
Laeocochlis sinistrata		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar		1835
Mendax hebetatus		Southwest Pacific		1978
Mendax marginata		Southwest Pacific		1908
Mendax seilaformis		Southwest Pacific		1978
Mendax subapicina		Southwest Pacific		1956
Mendax trizonalis odhneri		Southwest Pacific		1927
Mendax trizonalis trizonalis		Southwest Pacific		1924
Mendax trizonaloides		Southwest Pacific		1978
Notoseila morishimai		Western Central Pacific		1970
Onchodia benthica		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1924
Onchodia valeriae		Mediterranean Sea.		1987
Paraseila heronensis		Western Central Pacific		1951
Prolixodens benthica		Southwest Pacific		1978
Prolixodens crassa		Southwest Pacific		1978
Prolixodens infracolor		Southwest Pacific		1951
Retilaskeya bicolor		Eastern Pacific and Weste	1.2 DL	1845
Retilaskeya emersonii		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1839
Retilaskeya zelandica		Southwest Pacific		1978
Seila adamsii	Adams miniature cerith	Western Atlantic	1.3 DL	1845
Seila bandorensis		Western Indian Ocean		1893
Seila beauforti		Western Atlantic.		1980
Seila bulbosa		Southwest Pacific		1908
Seila chathamensis		Southwest Pacific		1908
Seila dilecta		Southwest Pacific		1978
Seila elegantissima		Southwest Pacific		1978
Seila maoria		Southwest Pacific		1978
Seila montereyensis		Southwest Pacific		1907
Seila regia		Southwest Pacific		1978
Seila subalbida		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1927
Seila terebelloides		Southwest Pacific		1873
Seila trilineata		Mediterranean Sea.		1836
Specula campbellica		Southwest Pacific		1955
Specula retifera		Southwest Pacific		1908
Specula styliformis		Southwest Pacific		1908
Speculator cariosus		Northeast Pacific.		2001
Sundaya exquisita		Southwest Pacific		1915
Sundaya tuberculata		Southwest Pacific		1927
Synthopsis acuminata		Southwest Pacific		1978
Synthopsis caelata		Southwest Pacific		1930
Synthopsis regia		Southwest Pacific		1978
Triforis barbadensis		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1984
Zaclys murdochi		Southwest Pacific		1978
Zaclys sarissa		Southwest Pacific		1905

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Cerithiopsidae (See list of species below)

Family: Cerithiopsidae

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