Cerithidea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails. There used to be three subgenera in the genus Cerithidea: subgenus Cerithea, subgenus Cerithideopsis and subgenus Cerithideopsilla. These have been brought to the status of genus. ...
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A genus of marine and brackish water operculate (prosobranch) snails that serve as first intermediate hosts of a number of trematodes. Cerithidea cingulata serves as host for Heterophyes heterophyes in Japan and Southeast Asia; Cerithidea scalariformis for cercariae that induce swimmer's itch in the southeastern U.S. From Florida to Texas. ... (05 ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ser′i-thid′ē-ă Definitions: 1. A genus of marine and brackish water operculate (prosobranch) snails that serve as first intermediate hosts of a number of trematodes. Cerithidea cingulata serves as host for Heterophyes heterophyes in Japan and Southeast Asia; Cerithidea scalariformis induces swimmer's ...
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