WoRMS taxon details
Cerithium punctatum Bruguière, 1792
216677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216677)
accepted
Species
Cerithium (Liocerithium) piperitum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 · unaccepted (chresonym)
Cerithium (Semivertagus) alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 · unaccepted (chresonym)
Cerithium (Semivertagus) piperitum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cerithium (Thericium) alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 · unaccepted (chresonym)
Cerithium alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cerithium piperitum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 · unaccepted (original combination)
Lampania piperita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) · unaccepted (chresonym)
marine
Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 498. [details]
page(s): 498. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium punctatum Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216677 on 2025-11-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 498. [details]
original description (of Cerithium piperitum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i>, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (16): 847–899, pl. 176–186. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076091
page(s): 867 pl. 181, figs. 136, 137 [details]
original description (of Cerithium alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, H. (1848). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. in: <i>Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zélée.</i> Vingt-quatriéme livraison. Insectes lépidoptéres pls 1,2; Mollusques pls 9, 11, 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561398 [details]
page(s): 498. [details]
original description (of Cerithium piperitum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i>, Adanson. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (16): 847–899, pl. 176–186. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076091
page(s): 867 pl. 181, figs. 136, 137 [details]
original description (of Cerithium alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, H. (1848). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. in: <i>Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zélée.</i> Vingt-quatriéme livraison. Insectes lépidoptéres pls 1,2; Mollusques pls 9, 11, 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561398 [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. Pp. 788-793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
subsequent type designation Houbrick, R. S. (1992). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i> Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 510: 1-211., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5554
page(s): 150, figs 108-111. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Cerithiidae. Pp. 788-793, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
subsequent type designation Houbrick, R. S. (1992). Monograph of the genus <i>Cerithium</i> Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 510: 1-211., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5554
page(s): 150, figs 108-111. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゴマフカニモリ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cerithium alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cerithium piperitum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Cerithium punctatum)
To Conchology (Cerithium punctatum)
To Conchology (Cerithium punctatum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerithium punctatum)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cerithium punctatum Bruguière, 1792 Fiji, Western, Nadi Bay, Mala Mala Island , on reef under coral slab, by snorkeling, at 1-2 m depth, collected 1997-07-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Malacopics (Cerithium punctatum Bruguière,1792)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cerithium alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cerithium piperitum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Cerithium punctatum)
To Conchology (Cerithium punctatum)
To Conchology (Cerithium punctatum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerithium punctatum)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cerithium punctatum Bruguière, 1792 Fiji, Western, Nadi Bay, Mala Mala Island , on reef under coral slab, by snorkeling, at 1-2 m depth, collected 1997-07-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Malacopics (Cerithium punctatum Bruguière,1792)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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