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Family: Cerithiopsidae (See list of species below)

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161 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Alipta crenistria []	No picture found Aliptina acheronae []	No picture found Ataxocerithium fucatum []
No picture found Ataxocerithium serotinum []	No picture found Callisteuma thelcterium []	No picture found Cerithiella astrolabiensis []
No picture found Cerithiella axicostulata []	No picture found Cerithiella cepene []	No picture found Cerithiella enodis []
No picture found Cerithiella macroura []	No picture found Cerithiella pernambucoensis []	No picture found Cerithiella seymouriana []
No picture found Cerithiopsidella blacki []	No picture found Cerithiopsilla antarctica []	No picture found Cerithiopsilla austrina []
No picture found Cerithiopsilla bisculpta []	No picture found Cerithiopsilla burdwoodiana []	No picture found Cerithiopsilla georgiana []
No picture found Cerithiopsilla liouvillei []	No picture found Cerithiopsis academicorum []	No picture found Cerithiopsis acontium []
No picture found Cerithiopsis aimen []	No picture found Cerithiopsis alabastrula []	No picture found Cerithiopsis albovittata [White-banded Cerithiopsis]
No picture found Cerithiopsis annae []	No picture found Cerithiopsis apicina []	No picture found Cerithiopsis aquilum []
No picture found Cerithiopsis ara [Ara Cerithiopsis]	No picture found Cerithiopsis aralia []	No picture found Cerithiopsis arga []
No picture found Cerithiopsis argentea []	No picture found Cerithiopsis balaustium []	No picture found Cerithiopsis barleei []
No picture found Cerithiopsis beneitoi []	No picture found Cerithiopsis capixaba []	No picture found Cerithiopsis caribbaea []
No picture found Cerithiopsis cinereoflava []	No picture found Cerithiopsis cruzana []	No picture found Cerithiopsis decora []
No picture found Cerithiopsis diadema []	No picture found Cerithiopsis dominguezi []	No picture found Cerithiopsis familiarum []
No picture found Cerithiopsis fayalensis []	No picture found Cerithiopsis flava [Yellow miniature cerith]	No picture found Cerithiopsis floridana []
No picture found Cerithiopsis fuscoflava []	No picture found Cerithiopsis fusiformis [Fusiform Cerithiopsis]	No picture found Cerithiopsis gemmulosa []
No picture found Cerithiopsis georgiana []	No picture found Cerithiopsis greenii [Green's miniature cerith]	No picture found Cerithiopsis greppii []
No picture found Cerithiopsis guaraniana []	No picture found Cerithiopsis guitarti []	No picture found Cerithiopsis hero []
No picture found Cerithiopsis horrida []	No picture found Cerithiopsis io []	No picture found Cerithiopsis iontha []
No picture found Cerithiopsis iota []	No picture found Cerithiopsis iudithae []	No picture found Cerithiopsis jeffreysi []
No picture found Cerithiopsis krisbergi []	No picture found Cerithiopsis ladae []	No picture found Cerithiopsis lata []
No picture found Cerithiopsis magellanica []	No picture found Cerithiopsis martensii []	No picture found Cerithiopsis matara []
No picture found Cerithiopsis minima []	No picture found Cerithiopsis movilla []	No picture found Cerithiopsis nofronii []
No picture found Cerithiopsis perlata []	No picture found Cerithiopsis pesa []	No picture found Cerithiopsis portoi []
No picture found Cerithiopsis powelli []	No picture found Cerithiopsis prieguei []	No picture found Cerithiopsis pseudomovilla []
No picture found Cerithiopsis pulchresculpta []	No picture found Cerithiopsis pulvis []	No picture found Cerithiopsis scalaris []
No picture found Cerithiopsis sigsbeana []	No picture found Cerithiopsis stejnegeri []	No picture found Cerithiopsis subreticulata []
No picture found Cerithiopsis tarruellasi []	No picture found Cerithiopsis tenthrenois []	No picture found Cerithiopsis tubercularis []
No picture found Cerithiopsis vanhyningi []	No picture found Cerithiopsis vestalis []	No picture found Cerithiopsis vicola []
No picture found Cerithiopsis vinca []	No picture found Cerithiopsis virginica []	No picture found Cerithiopsis vitrea []
No picture found Cerithiopsis warmkae []	No picture found Costulopsis granata []	No picture found Cubalaskeya cubana []
No picture found Cubalaskeya machoi []	No picture found Dizoniopsis coppolae []	No picture found Dizoniopsis micalii []
No picture found Ektonos turbonilloides []	No picture found Eumetula arctica []	No picture found Eumetula dilecta []
No picture found Eumetula michaelseni []	No picture found Eumetula pulla []	Eumetula strebeli []
No picture found Horologica cowei []	No picture found Horologica cubensis []	No picture found Horologica dirempta []
No picture found Horologica pinea []	No picture found Horologica pupa []	No picture found Horologica rauli []
No picture found Horologica semipicta []	No picture found Horologica turrigera []	No picture found Joculator albocinctum []
No picture found Joculator brucei []	No picture found Joculator ridiculus []	No picture found Joculator sublima []
No picture found Joculator uveanus []	No picture found Krachia cossmanni []	No picture found Krachia cylindrata []
No picture found Krachia guernei []	No picture found Krachia tiara []	No picture found Krachiopsis giannuzzii []
No picture found Laeocochlis sinistrata []	No picture found Mendax hebetatus []	No picture found Mendax marginata []
No picture found Mendax seilaformis []	No picture found Mendax subapicina []	No picture found Mendax trizonalis odhneri []
No picture found Mendax trizonalis trizonalis []	No picture found Mendax trizonaloides []	No picture found Notoseila morishimai []
No picture found Onchodia benthica []	No picture found Onchodia valeriae []	No picture found Paraseila heronensis []
No picture found Prolixodens benthica []	No picture found Prolixodens crassa []	No picture found Prolixodens infracolor []
No picture found Retilaskeya bicolor []	No picture found Retilaskeya emersonii []	No picture found Retilaskeya zelandica []
Seila adamsii [Adams miniature cerith]	No picture found Seila bandorensis []	No picture found Seila bulbosa []
No picture found Seila chathamensis []	No picture found Seila dilecta []	No picture found Seila elegantissima []
No picture found Seila maoria []	No picture found Seila regia []	No picture found Seila subalbida []
No picture found Seila terebelloides []	No picture found Seila trilineata []	No picture found Specula campbellica []
No picture found Specula retifera []	No picture found Specula styliformis []	No picture found Speculator cariosus []
No picture found Sundaya exquisita []	No picture found Sundaya tuberculata []	No picture found Synthopsis acuminata []
No picture found Synthopsis caelata []	No picture found Synthopsis regia []	No picture found Triforis barbadensis []
No picture found Zaclys murdochi []	No picture found Zaclys sarissa []

161 Species of Family Cerithiopsidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Alipta crenistria		Southwest Pacific
Aliptina acheronae		Southwest Pacific
Ataxocerithium fucatum		Western Central Pacific
Ataxocerithium serotinum		Southwest Pacific and Eas
Callisteuma thelcterium		Western Central Pacific
Cerithiella astrolabiensis		Western Atlantic.	1.15 DL
Cerithiella axicostulata		Western Atlantic.	0.47 DL
Cerithiella cepene		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Cerithiella enodis		Western Atlantic.	0.48 DL
Cerithiella macroura		Western Atlantic.	0.355 DL
Cerithiella pernambucoensis		Western Atlantic.	1.33 DL
Cerithiella seymouriana		Western Atlantic.	0.82 DL
Cerithiopsidella blacki		Southwest Pacific
Cerithiopsilla antarctica		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cerithiopsilla austrina		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cerithiopsilla bisculpta		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Cerithiopsilla burdwoodiana		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.4 DL
Cerithiopsilla georgiana		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Cerithiopsilla liouvillei		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Cerithiopsis academicorum		Western Central Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Cerithiopsis acontium		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Cerithiopsis aimen		Western Atlantic.	0.32 DL
Cerithiopsis alabastrula		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Cerithiopsis albovittata	White-banded Cerithiopsis	Western Central Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Cerithiopsis annae		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis apicina		Western Atlantic.	0.55 DL
Cerithiopsis aquilum		Southeast Pacific
Cerithiopsis ara	Ara Cerithiopsis	Western Central Atlantic	0.32 DL
Cerithiopsis aralia		Western Central Atlantic.	0.33 DL
Cerithiopsis arga		Central Pacific
Cerithiopsis argentea		Western Atlantic.	0.55 DL
Cerithiopsis balaustium		Western Atlantic.	0.14 DL
Cerithiopsis barleei		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis beneitoi		Western Atlantic.	0.29 DL
Cerithiopsis capixaba		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Cerithiopsis caribbaea		Western Atlantic.	0.67 DL
Cerithiopsis cinereoflava		Western Atlantic.	0.41 DL
Cerithiopsis cruzana		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Cerithiopsis decora		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Cerithiopsis diadema		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis dominguezi		Western Central Atlantic.	0.23 DL
Cerithiopsis familiarum		Western Central Atlantic	0.43 DL
Cerithiopsis fayalensis		Northeast Atlantic	0.44 H
Cerithiopsis flava	Yellow miniature cerith	Western Central Atlantic	0.38 DL
Cerithiopsis floridana		Western Central Atlantic
Cerithiopsis fuscoflava		Western Central Atlantic	0.17 DL
Cerithiopsis fusiformis	Fusiform Cerithiopsis	Western Atlantic.	0.28 DL
Cerithiopsis gemmulosa		Western Atlantic	0.53 DL
Cerithiopsis georgiana		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Cerithiopsis greenii	Green's miniature cerith	Western Atlantic.	0.46 DL
Cerithiopsis greppii		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis guaraniana		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Cerithiopsis guitarti		Western Central Atlantic	0.25 DL
Cerithiopsis hero		Western Atlantic.	0.76 DL
Cerithiopsis horrida		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis io		Western Central Atlantic	0.23 DL
Cerithiopsis iontha		Western Atlantic	0.32 DL
Cerithiopsis iota		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Cerithiopsis iudithae		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis jeffreysi		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis krisbergi		Western Atlantic.	0.26 DL
Cerithiopsis ladae		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis lata		Western Atlantic	0.33 DL
Cerithiopsis magellanica		Western Atlantic and East	0.85 DL
Cerithiopsis martensii		Western Central Atlantic	1.13 DL
Cerithiopsis matara		Western Atlantic.	0.98 DL
Cerithiopsis minima		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis movilla		Western Atlantic.	0.38 DL
Cerithiopsis nofronii		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis perlata		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis pesa		Western Atlantic	0.25 DL
Cerithiopsis portoi		Western Central Atlantic	0.17 DL
Cerithiopsis powelli		Pacific Ocean
Cerithiopsis prieguei		Western Central Atlantic	0.25 DL
Cerithiopsis pseudomovilla		Western Central Atlantic.	0.47 DL
Cerithiopsis pulchresculpta		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis pulvis		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis scalaris		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis sigsbeana		Western Atlantic.	1.33 DL
Cerithiopsis stejnegeri		Canada
Cerithiopsis subreticulata		Northwest Pacific
Cerithiopsis tarruellasi		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis tenthrenois		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis tubercularis		Mediterranean Sea.
Cerithiopsis vanhyningi		Western Central Atlantic	0.3 DL
Cerithiopsis vestalis		Western Atlantic.
Cerithiopsis vicola		Western Central Atlantic.	0.29 DL
Cerithiopsis vinca		Western Central Atlantic.	0.54 DL
Cerithiopsis virginica		Western Atlantic.	0.29 DL
Cerithiopsis vitrea		Western Atlantic.	0.65 DL
Cerithiopsis warmkae		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Costulopsis granata		Eastern Central Pacific
Cubalaskeya cubana		Western Atlantic.	0.41 DL
Cubalaskeya machoi		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Dizoniopsis coppolae		Mediterranean Sea.
Dizoniopsis micalii		Mediterranean Sea.
Ektonos turbonilloides		Atlantic Ocean.	2.5 DL
Eumetula arctica		Northeast Atlantic and th
Eumetula dilecta		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Eumetula michaelseni		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.44 DL
Eumetula pulla		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.9 SHH
Eumetula strebeli		Antarctic.	0.6 DL
Horologica cowei		Southwest Pacific
Horologica cubensis		Western Atlantic.	0.35 DL
Horologica dirempta		Southwest Pacific
Horologica pinea		Southwest Pacific
Horologica pupa		Western Central Atlantic	0.43 DL
Horologica rauli		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Horologica semipicta		Central Pacific.
Horologica turrigera		Eastern Central Pacific
Joculator albocinctum		Western Central Pacific
Joculator brucei		Western Atlantic.	0.275 DL
Joculator ridiculus		Eastern Central Pacific
Joculator sublima		Southwest Pacific
Joculator uveanus		Eastern Central Pacific
Krachia cossmanni		Mediterranean Sea.
Krachia cylindrata		Mediterranean Sea.
Krachia guernei		Mediterranean Sea.
Krachia tiara		Mediterranean Sea.
Krachiopsis giannuzzii		Mediterranean Sea.
Laeocochlis sinistrata		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar
Mendax hebetatus		Southwest Pacific
Mendax marginata		Southwest Pacific
Mendax seilaformis		Southwest Pacific
Mendax subapicina		Southwest Pacific
Mendax trizonalis odhneri		Southwest Pacific
Mendax trizonalis trizonalis		Southwest Pacific
Mendax trizonaloides		Southwest Pacific
Notoseila morishimai		Western Central Pacific
Onchodia benthica		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Onchodia valeriae		Mediterranean Sea.
Paraseila heronensis		Western Central Pacific
Prolixodens benthica		Southwest Pacific
Prolixodens crassa		Southwest Pacific
Prolixodens infracolor		Southwest Pacific
Retilaskeya bicolor		Eastern Pacific and Weste	1.2 DL
Retilaskeya emersonii		Western Atlantic.	1.14 DL
Retilaskeya zelandica		Southwest Pacific
Seila adamsii	Adams miniature cerith	Western Atlantic	1.3 DL
Seila bandorensis		Western Indian Ocean
Seila bulbosa		Southwest Pacific
Seila chathamensis		Southwest Pacific
Seila dilecta		Southwest Pacific
Seila elegantissima		Southwest Pacific
Seila maoria		Southwest Pacific
Seila regia		Southwest Pacific
Seila subalbida		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Seila terebelloides		Southwest Pacific
Seila trilineata		Mediterranean Sea.
Specula campbellica		Southwest Pacific
Specula retifera		Southwest Pacific
Specula styliformis		Southwest Pacific
Speculator cariosus		Northeast Pacific.
Sundaya exquisita		Southwest Pacific
Sundaya tuberculata		Southwest Pacific
Synthopsis acuminata		Southwest Pacific
Synthopsis caelata		Southwest Pacific
Synthopsis regia		Southwest Pacific
Triforis barbadensis		Western Atlantic.	0.55 DL
Zaclys murdochi		Southwest Pacific
Zaclys sarissa		Southwest Pacific

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