North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Thericium Monterosato, 1890

Cerithium vulgatum

AphiaID

473026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:473026)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière, 1792) (type by original designation)

Parent

Cerithiinae J. Fleming, 1822

Original name

Thericium Monterosato, 1890

Synonymised names

Cerithium (Thericium) Monterosato, 1890 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) Cossmann, 1895 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Drillocerithium Monterosato, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Gladiocerithium Monterosato, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Gourmierium Jousseaume, 1894 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Hirtocerithium Monterosato, 1910 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Lithocerithium Monterosato, 1910 · unaccepted

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Species Thericium alucastrum (Brocchi, 1814)
Species Thericium lividulum (Risso, 1826)
Species Thericium protractum (Bivona, 1838)
Species Thericium renovatum (Monterosato, 1884)
Species Thericium repandum (Monterosato, 1878)
Species Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière, 1792)
Species Thericium caputornatum F. Nordsieck, 1982 accepted as Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Thericium cazioti F. Nordsieck, 1974 accepted as Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Thericium kobelti F. Nordsieck, 1974 accepted as Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Thericium minutum (de Serres, 1828) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Thericium nigronodosum F. Nordsieck, 1974 accepted as Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Thericium provinciale (Locard, 1886) accepted as Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière, 1792)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

Monterosato, T. A. di. (1890). Conchiglie della profondità del mare di Palermo. Il Naturalista Siciliano. 9(6): 140-151 [March 1st, 1890]; 9(7): 157-166 [April 1st, 1890]; 9(8): 181-191 [May 1st, 1890)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11568606
page(s): 163 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thericium Monterosato, 1890. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=473026 on 2026-06-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Thericium Monterosato, 1890. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=473026 on 2026-06-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-04-29 13:47:52Z

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Tran, Bastien

2010-10-28 19:59:38Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-10-29 20:21:46Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-11-01 13:33:31Z

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Gofas, Serge

2014-04-06 18:39:27Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2014-05-23 17:16:51Z

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Gofas, Serge

2015-06-13 21:11:45Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2020-05-02 10:29:45Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-29 20:08:08Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2025-06-10 15:08:42Z

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Kovács, Zoltán

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original description Monterosato, T. A. di. (1890). Conchiglie della profondità del mare di Palermo. Il Naturalista Siciliano. 9(6): 140-151 [March 1st, 1890]; 9(7): 157-166 [April 1st, 1890]; 9(8): 181-191 [May 1st, 1890)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11568606
page(s): 163 [details]

original description (of Hirtocerithium Monterosato, 1910) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1910). Nota su taluni generi e specie della famiglia Cerithiidae. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche. 28: 65–76; pl. I [June 30th, 1910]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35732626
page(s): 73-74 [details]

original description (of Drillocerithium Monterosato, 1910) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1910). Nota su taluni generi e specie della famiglia Cerithiidae. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche. 28: 65–76; pl. I [June 30th, 1910]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35732626
page(s): 71-72 [details]

original description (of Gladiocerithium Monterosato, 1910) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1910). Nota su taluni generi e specie della famiglia Cerithiidae. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche. 28: 65–76; pl. I [June 30th, 1910]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35732626 [details]

original description (of Lithocerithium Monterosato, 1910) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1910). Nota su taluni generi e specie della famiglia Cerithiidae. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche. 28: 65–76; pl. I [June 30th, 1910]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35732626
page(s): 75 [details]

original description (of Gourmierium Jousseaume, 1894) Jousseaume, [F. P.]. (1894). Examen d'une série de fossiles provenant de l'isthme de Corinthe. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. ser. 3, 21: 394-405., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30961771
page(s): 396 [details]

original description (of Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) Cossmann, 1895) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVII. (Cerithiidae, Triforidae, Cerithiopsidae e Diastomidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino. 83 pp., 3 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46680
page(s): 7 [details]

taxonomy source Harzhauser, M.; Guzhov, A.; Landau, B. (2025). A revision of the Cainozoic Cerithiidae and Plesiotrochidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) of the Paratethys Sea (Europe, Asia). Zootaxa. 5625(1): 1-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5625.1.1 [details] Available for editors

Definitions

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Cerithium vulgatum

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Plate 56 fig. L of Gualtieri (1742), on which Murex alucoides Olivi, 1792 is based

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Unreviewed

Cerithium vulgatum

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Cerithium vulgatum

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