Gatunek typowy
Cerithium bimoniliferum Sandberger, 1858; original designation. Late  Oligocene, Grube Höllkopf near Glimmerode, Germany.

Opis

Teleoconch with reticulate ornament. Protoconchs of species with planktotrophic development ornamented with collabral axial ribs and one or two medial spiral ribbons. Axial ribs mostly ended on orabove spiral ribbons. Ribs rarely crossing spirals. Adapical spiral ribbon representing upper edge of larvalouter lip. Larger or smaller abapical portion of protoconch 2 whorls ornamented with fine, non−collabral ribs.

Synonimy

Zasięg czasowy

Mid Jurassic to Miocene.

Literatura

Gründel, J. 1980. Bemerkungen zur Überfamilie Cerithiopsacea H.A. Adams, 1854 (Gastropoda) so wie zur Fassung einigerihrer Gattungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 204, 209–264.

Kaim, A. 2004. The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods. Palaeontologia Polonica 62, 3–183