Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Cerithiidae > Subfamily Bittiinae > Genus Cerithidium

Cerithidium diplax (R. B. Watson, 1886)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerithidium*	Monterosato, 1884	accepted genus name
*Bittium (Cerithidium)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Clathrofenella*	Kuroda & T. Habe, 1954	synonym

Species group names

*Bittium diplax*	R. B. Watson, 1886	synonym
*Clathrofenella diplax*	(R. B. Watson, 1886)	synonym
*Clathrofenella ferruginea*	(A. Adams, 1860)	misapplied name
*Clathrofenella fusca*	(A. Adams, 1860)	misapplied name

Literature

additional source	Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions. 2(4): 281-312.
additional source	OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithidium diplax (R. B. Watson, 1886). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397036