Cenchritis

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Cenchritis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

Cenchritis nodulosus, apical view
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Cenchritis
Cenchritis nodulosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Cenchritis
Martens, 1900
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Species

Species within the genus Cenchritis include:[2]

  • Cenchritis antonii (Philippi, R.A., 1846)
  • Cenchritis coronatus Valenciennes, A., 1832
  • Cenchritis cumingii
    • Cenchritis cumingii cumingii (Philippi, R.A., 1846)
    • Cenchritis cumingii luchuanus (Pilsbry, H.A., 1901)
    • Cenchritis cumingii spinulosus (Philippi, R.A., 1847)
  • Cenchritis granosus (Philippi, R.A., 1846)
  • Cenchritis malaccanus (Philippi, R.A.)
  • Cenchritis muricatus (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
  • Cenchritis niuensis (Reid, D.G. & Geller, 1997)
  • Cenchritis nodulosus Pfeiffer, L., 1839
  • Cenchritis pagodus (Linnaeus, C., 1758)
  • Cenchritis rugosus Wood, W., 1828
  • Cenchritis rusticus (Philippi, R.A., 1846)
  • Cenchritis tectumpersicum (Linnaeus, C., 1758)
  • Cenchritis viviparus (Rosewater, J., 1982)
Apertural view of Cenchritis muricatus

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