Cerithiidae

Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large family of medium-sized marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.

Cerithiidae

P. Harting (scan by Tom Meijer) · Public Domain · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
cerith snailPBDB
Sits inside
CerithioideaPBDB
Diet
grazerPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 227 million years on record.

The record covers at least 227.3 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 237 Mya to 0 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 0 of 2905 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 15 of 2905 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 6 of 2905 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 21 of 2905 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 50 of 2905 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 71 of 2905 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 187 of 2905 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 115 of 2905 occurrencesEocene — about 509 of 2905 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 192 of 2905 occurrencesMiocene — about 887 of 2905 occurrencesPliocene — about 301 of 2905 occurrencesPleistocene — about 505 of 2905 occurrences242–234 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences234–226 Mya — about 2 occurrences226–218 Mya — about 1 occurrence218–210 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences210–201 Mya — about 11 occurrences201–193 Mya — about 5 occurrences193–185 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences185–177 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences177–169 Mya — about 2 occurrences169–161 Mya — about 19 occurrences161–153 Mya — about 13 occurrences153–145 Mya — about 36 occurrences145–137 Mya — about 3 occurrences137–129 Mya — about 16 occurrences129–121 Mya — about 13 occurrences121–113 Mya — about 25 occurrences113–105 Mya — about 9 occurrences105–97 Mya — about 55 occurrences97–89 Mya — about 44 occurrences89–81 Mya — about 13 occurrences81–73 Mya — about 25 occurrences73–64 Mya — about 86 occurrences64–56 Mya — about 84 occurrences56–48 Mya — about 125 occurrences48–40 Mya — about 223 occurrences40–32 Mya — about 202 occurrences32–24 Mya — about 143 occurrences24–16 Mya — about 324 occurrences16–8.1 Mya — about 360 occurrences8.1–0 Mya — about 1065 occurrences227.3 Mya11.7 ka242 Mya0 Mya

2,905 occurrences of Cerithiidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

2,905 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

433 formations

Gurabo — 19.53°N, 71.20°WGurabo — 19.48°N, 70.98°WGurabo — 18.73°N, 71.00°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 70.50°WGurabo — 19.45°N, 70.70°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.33°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 71.67°WGurabo — 19.58°N, 71.05°WGurabo — 18.93°N, 71.62°WChipola — 30.47°N, 84.99°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.46°N, 85.16°WChipola — 30.26°N, 85.17°WWoodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 32.73°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.46°WWoodbine — 33.62°N, 96.61°WWoodbine — 32.35°N, 97.39°WWoodbine — 32.56°N, 97.14°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.08°WWoodbine — 33.07°N, 97.13°WWoodbine — 33.76°N, 96.54°WWoodbine — 33.69°N, 96.39°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.30°WWoodbine — 33.60°N, 96.37°WCercado — 19.47°N, 71.08°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.20°WCercado — 19.30°N, 71.67°WCercado — 19.58°N, 71.04°WCercado — 19.52°N, 71.28°WCercado — 18.93°N, 71.62°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.83°WGatun — 9.04°N, 80.65°WGatun — 9.27°N, 79.92°WGatun — 9.28°N, 79.97°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 29.16°N, 99.57°WKincaid — 28.71°N, 100.50°WKincaid — 31.05°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 30.23°N, 97.52°WKincaid — 30.13°N, 97.47°WKincaid — 31.29°N, 96.72°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 26.77°N, 81.15°WCaloosahatchee — 26.34°N, 80.86°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 81.51°WCaloosahatchee — 27.34°N, 82.42°WCaloosahatchee — 26.76°N, 81.46°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.17°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.99°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 80.93°WVaqueros — 33.54°N, 117.78°WVaqueros — 33.55°N, 117.82°WVaqueros — 33.77°N, 117.89°WVaqueros — 33.78°N, 117.70°WVaqueros — 33.64°N, 117.59°WVaqueros — 33.70°N, 117.71°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 118.71°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.82°WVaqueros — 34.59°N, 120.23°WVaqueros — 34.92°N, 119.13°WVaqueros — 34.98°N, 120.21°WVaqueros — 35.27°N, 120.60°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 35.24°N, 120.09°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.63°N, 85.59°WSuwannee Limestone — 28.50°N, 82.69°WSuwannee Limestone — 28.20°N, 82.18°WSuwannee Limestone — 28.56°N, 82.39°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.36°N, 83.13°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.28°N, 83.71°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.37°N, 83.94°WSobral — 39.10°N, 9.27°WFalun de Jeurs — 48.48°N, 2.23°EBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WPirabas — 0.80°S, 47.13°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WPirabas — 1.05°S, 47.16°WPirabas — 0.68°S, 47.39°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.31°WPirabas — 2.41°S, 44.42°WPirabas — 2.88°S, 41.67°WRipley — 34.73°N, 88.95°WRipley — 35.23°N, 88.61°WRipley — 34.49°N, 89.01°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WRipley — 35.29°N, 88.60°WGhazij — 30.16°N, 67.72°EGhazij — 29.95°N, 70.12°EGhazij — 30.42°N, 70.51°ESables a Nummulites variolarius — 49.25°N, 2.50°ECastilletes — 11.85°N, 71.33°WCastilletes — 11.93°N, 71.34°WCastilletes — 11.96°N, 71.26°WCastilletes — 11.92°N, 71.36°Wopoka — 51.32°N, 21.95°Eopoka — 51.05°N, 21.80°Eopoka — 51.10°N, 21.80°Eopoka — 51.32°N, 21.92°EFort Thompson — 27.06°N, 82.26°WFort Thompson — 27.72°N, 82.43°WFort Thompson — 26.79°N, 81.30°WFort Thompson — 26.76°N, 81.44°WFort Thompson — 26.96°N, 81.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.31°N, 86.48°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 31.66°N, 92.90°WReklaw — 30.88°N, 95.38°WReklaw — 30.11°N, 97.32°WReklaw — 31.85°N, 94.98°WReklaw — 30.01°N, 97.26°WReklaw — 30.80°N, 96.72°WReklaw — 31.86°N, 94.94°WArcadia — 27.89°N, 82.48°WArcadia — 28.15°N, 82.76°WArcadia — 30.36°N, 83.99°WArcadia — 30.21°N, 84.30°WArcadia — 30.30°N, 84.28°WArcadia — 30.62°N, 84.91°WArcadia — 30.49°N, 85.17°WArcadia — 30.77°N, 84.82°WMorne l'Enfer — 10.23°N, 61.63°WWaimanalo — 21.35°N, 158.12°WWaimanalo — 21.70°N, 157.98°WWaimanalo — 21.45°N, 157.72°WWaimanalo — 21.30°N, 158.10°WWaimanalo — 21.43°N, 158.18°W

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The named rock units Cerithiidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 409 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 862 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Cerithiidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Cerithiidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

3,351 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,158 sites for Cerithiidae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

507 references

Each of the 2,905 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 495 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Cerithiidae

Credit
P. Harting (scan by Tom Meijer)
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Credit
Peter Nox
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itCerithioidea through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Fleming 1822