North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Ceratia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852

Ceratia proxima (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
Specimen from Cabo Pino (-25 m), Maga, Spain (actual size 3.4 mm).

AphiaID

138082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138082)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Rissoa proxima Forbes & Hanley, 1850 accepted as Ceratia proxima (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Iravadiidae Thiele, 1928

Original name

Ceratia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852

Direct children (3)

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Species Ceratia proxima (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
Species Ceratia altimirai F. Nordsieck, 1982 accepted as Ceratia proxima (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) (dubious synonym)
Species Ceratia watsoni Hornung & Mermod, 1927 accepted as Monotygma watsoni (Hornung & Mermod, 1927) (original combination)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1852). On a new arrangement of British Rissoae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 10: 358-359., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2249177
page(s): 359. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ceratia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138082 on 2026-10-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ceratia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138082 on 2026-10-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2009-04-24 18:07:06Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-10-24 19:22:19Z

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Gofas, Serge

2012-08-14 14:50:04Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-12-08 02:02:08Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-04-01 08:23:32Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1852). On a new arrangement of British Rissoae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 10: 358-359., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2249177
page(s): 359. [details]

basis of record Ponder, W. F. (1984). A review of the genera of the Iravadiidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) with an assessment of the relationships of the family. Malacologia. 25(1): 21-71., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13145132
page(s): 52-54 [details]