original descriptionBruguière J.G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. 1-344 [June 1789]; 345-758 [13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207]. , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 page(s): vol. 1(1): xv [details]
subsequent type designationICZN 1978. Opinion 1109. <i>Cerithium</i> Bruguière, [1789] (Gastropoda): Designation of type species under the plenary powers <i>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature</i>, 35(2): 97-98., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12226686[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality