Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.
[2] Species within this genus include: The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent periods (age range: from 221.5 to 0.0 million years ago).
Fossils shells have been found all over the world.
There are about 100 extinct species[4][5] including: