Cerith Snails and Allies
Cerithioidea
The Cerithioidea is a superfamily of marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod containing more than 200 genera. The Cerithioidea are included unassigned in the subclass Caenogastropoda. The original name of this superfamily was Cerithiacea, in keeping with common superfamily endings at the time.
24 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Cerith Snails
familyCerithiidae
Pleuroceridae
familyPleuroceridae
Tower Snails
familyTurritellidae
Horn Snails
familyPotamididae
Mud-creeper Snails
familyBatillariidae
Melania Snails
familyThiaridae
Semisulcospirids
familySemisulcospiridae
Planaxidae
familyPlanaxidae
Pachychilidae
familyPachychilidae
Melanopsidae
familyMelanopsidae
Modulidae
familyModulidae
Siliquariidae
familySiliquariidae
Litiopidae
familyLitiopidae
Zemelanopsidae
familyZemelanopsidae
Paludomidae
familyPaludomidae
Dialidae
familyDialidae
Amphimelaniidae
familyAmphimelaniidae
Hemisinidae
familyHemisinidae
Scaliolidae
familyScaliolidae
Pickworthiidae
familyPickworthiidae
Pelycidiidae
familyPelycidiidae
Diastomatidae
familyDiastomatidae
Microstilifer
genusMicrostilifer
Sherborniidae
familySherborniidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 437599.