WoRMS taxon details
Cerithium torresi E. A. Smith, 1884
473117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:473117)
                    accepted
                    
                        
                
                    Species
                    
                        
                
                    
                marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                
Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 66, pl. 5, fig. O. [details]
                    
            
            
                                    
            page(s): 66, pl. 5, fig. O. [details]
                    
                Type locality contained in Torres Strait  
                        
                    
            
            
                                                    
            type locality contained in Torres Strait [details]
                    
                MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium torresi E. A. Smith, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473117 on 2025-11-04
                    
            
            
                                                
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 66, pl. 5, fig. O. [details]
basis of record 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]
                    page(s): 66, pl. 5, fig. O. [details]
basis of record 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]
 Present 
 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio  
 Inaccurate 
 Introduced: alien 
 Containing type locality 
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ホソコオロギ | [details] | 
            To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Cerithium torresi)
To Conchology (Cerithium torresi)
To Conchology (Cerithium torresi)
To Malacopics (Cerithium torresi E.A.Smith,1884 Australia, Western Australia, Broome)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
        
    
                            
    
                    
                    
            To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Cerithium torresi)
To Conchology (Cerithium torresi)
To Conchology (Cerithium torresi)
To Malacopics (Cerithium torresi E.A.Smith,1884 Australia, Western Australia, Broome)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection