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Cerithidea  Swainson, 1840
Taxonomic Serial No.: 71935

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOrthogastropoda   
                      InfraclassCaenogastropoda   
                         OrderCerithiida   
                            SuperfamilyCerithioidea J. Fleming, 1822  
                               FamilyPotamididae H. Adams and A. Adams, 1854  
                                  GenusCerithidea Swainson, 1840  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesCerithidea californica (Haldeman, 1840) – California hornsnail 
                                     SpeciesCerithidea costata (E. M. da Costa, 1778) – costate hornsnail 
                                     SpeciesCerithidea decollata Linnaeus, 1758  
                                     SpeciesCerithidea fuscata Gould, 1857  
                                     SpeciesCerithidea montagnei (Orbigny, 1837)  
                                     SpeciesCerithidea pliculosa (Menke, 1829) – plicate hornsnail 
                                     SpeciesCerithidea scalariformis (Say, 1825) – ladder hornsnail 
                                     SpeciesCerithidea valida (C. B. Adams, 1852)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Cerithidea   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Cerithidea   
       

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