Cerithioidea Explained
The Cerithioidea is a superfamily of marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod containing more than 200 genera. The Cerithioidea are included unassigned in the subclass Caenogastropoda. The original name of this superfamily was Cerithiacea, in keeping with common superfamily endings at the time.
Ecology
Cerithioidea is a very diverse superfamily. Its species can be found worldwide mainly in tropic and subtropic seas on rocky intertidal shores, seagrass beds and algal fronds, but also in estuarine and freshwater habitats. The freshwater species are found on all continents, except Antarctica. They are dominant members of mangrove forests, estuarine mudflats, fast-flowing rivers and placid lakes.[1]
Fossil record
Their fossil record of this superfamily can be traced back as far as the early Triassic[2] but they began radiating mainly during the Cretaceous.[3]
Taxonomy
The Cerithioidea are presumed to be monophyletic (one lineage).[4] However the phylogenetic relationships between its families are still under investigation because mitochondrial recombinant DNA sequences failed to resolve these questions.
2005 taxonomy
According to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), the following families are included in Cerithioidea:
- Amphimelaniidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1891
- Batillariidae Thiele, 1929 - monophyletic
- † Brachytrematidae Cossmann, 1906
- † Cassiopidae Beurlen, 1967
- Cerithiidae Fleming, 1822 - monophyletic
- Dialidae Kay, 1979
- Diastomatidae Cossman, 1894
- † Eustomatidae Cossmann, 1906
- † Ladinulidae Bandel, 1992
- † Lanascalidae Bandel, 1992
- Litiopidae Gray, 1847
- † Maoraxidae Bandel, Gründel, Maxwell, 2000
- Melanopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 - freshwater snails, polyphyletic
- Modulidae P. Fischer, 1884
- Pachychilidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892
- Paludomidae Stoliczka, 1868
- Pelycidiidae Ponder & Hall, 1983
- Pickworthiidae Iredale, 1917
- Planaxidae Gray, 1850
- Pleuroceridae P. Fischer, 1885 (1863) - freshwater snails, polyphyletic
- † Popenellidae Bandel, 1992
- Potamididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 - monophyletic
- † Procerithiidae Cossmann, 1906 - If the genus Argyropeza is placed in the Procerithiidae, then this family is no longer exclusively a family of fossils.
- † Propupaspiridae Nützel, Pan & Erwin, 2002
- † Prostyliferidae Bandel, 1992
- Scaliolidae Jousseaume, 1912 - monophyletic
- Semisulcospiridae J. P. E. Morrison, 1952
- Siliquariidae Anton, 1838
- Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823) - freshwater snails, polyphyletic
- Turritellidae Lovén, 1847 - monophyletic
- Zemelanopsidae Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019
(Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)
It is possible that a further detailed examination may show that the polyphyletic families Melanopsidae and Pleuroceridae are one family. There is also a close phylogenetic relationship between the families Modulidae and Potamididae and between the families Cerithiidae and Litiopidae.
2006 taxonomy
Bandel (2006)[5] made numerous changes in Cerithioidea. He classified superfamily Cerithioidea in the clade Cerithimorpha.[5]
Changes include:
superfamily Cerithioidea
- family Bittiidae Cossmann, 1906 - consider Bittiidae in its own family level. It was as subfamily Bittiinae within Cerithiidae by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
- family † Maturifusidae - moved to Cerithioidea from Hypsogastropoda
- family † Canterburyellidae - moved to Cerithioidea from unallocated Sorbeoconcha
- family † Prisciphoridae - moved to Cerithioidea from unallocated Sorbeoconcha
- family † Zardinellopsidae Bandel, 2006 - new family
- family Pachymelaniidae - considered as valid family. It was as synonym of Thiaridae.
- some Pyrguliferidae members (a synonym) are in Paludomidae and some are in Paramelaniidae (instead of Thiaridae)
- family Paramelaniidae at family level (instead of a synonym of Paludomidae)
- and some moves to other taxa
2009 taxonomy
2017 Taxonomy
In the updated taxonomy by Bouchet et al. (2017)are listed below:
Unassigned:
The following two extinct families were moved out:
External links
- Halder K. & Sinha P. (2014). "Some Eocene Cerithioids (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from Kutch, Western India, and Their Bearing on Palaeobiogeography of the Indian Subcontinent". Paleontology Journal 2014: Article ID 673469, 11 pp. .
- Lydeard C. . Holznagel W. E. . Glaubrecht M. . Ponder W. F. . Winston F. Ponder . amp. Molecular Phylogeny of Circum-Global, Diverse Gastropod Superfamily (Cerithioidea: Mollusca : Caenogastropoda) - Pushing the Deepest Phylogenetic Limits of Mitochondrial LSU rDNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2002. 22. 3. 399–406. 10.1006/mpev.2001.1072 . 11884164.
Notes and References
- Healy J. M. & Wells F. E. . Mollusca, The Southern Syntthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne, CSIRO publishing. 707 pp.
- Tracey S., Todd J. A. & Erwin D. H. (1993). The Fossil Record. London, Chapman & Hall. pages 131-167.
- Houbrick R. S. (1988). "Prosobranch Phylogeny". Malacological Review, Supplement 4: 88-128.
- Colgan . D. J. . Ponder . W. F. . Eggler . P. E. . Gastropod evolutionary rates and phylogenetic relationships assessed using partial 28S rDNA and histone H3 sequences . 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2000.00021.x . Zoologica Scripta . 29 . 29–63 . 2000 . 84342267 .
- Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". Freiberger Forschungshefte C 511: 59-138. PDF.
- Strong . E. E. . Köhler . F. . 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00385.x . Morphological and molecular analysis of 'Melania' jacquetiDautzenberg and Fischer, 1906: From anonymous orphan to critical basal offshoot of the Semisulcospiridae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea) . Zoologica Scripta . 38 . 5 . 483 . 2009 . 86163594 .
