Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda > Superfamily Triphoroidea > Family Newtoniellidae > Subfamily Newtoniellinae > Genus Cerithiella

Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerithiella*	Verrill, 1882	accepted genus name
*Lovenella*	G.O. Sars, 1878	later homonym
*Lovenella*	G.O. Sars, 1878	synonym
*Stilus*	Jeffreys, 1885	synonym

Species group names

*Cerithium metula*	Lovén, 1846	basionym
*Cerithium gracile*	Jeffreys, 1885	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithium procerum*	Jeffreys, 1877	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithiella hanleyana*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Cerithiella macrocephala*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897	synonym
*Cerithiella whiteavesii*	(Verrill, 1880)	synonym
*Cerithiopsis bizonalis*	Jeffreys, 1885	synonym
*Cerithium bicinctum*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Cerithium gracile*	Jeffreys, 1885	synonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithium metula*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Cerithium metulatum*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Cerithium nitidum*	Forbes, in M'Andrew & Forbes, 1847	synonym
*Cerithium procerum*	Jeffreys, 1877	synonym; nom. inval.
*Lovenella whiteavesi*	Verrill, 1880	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: obelisksnegl

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Cerithiella metula (Lovén, 1846). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139072