Adams H. & A., 1853
Shell small, tower-shaped or cyrtoconoid, with many flat-sided or slightly tumid whorls, sculptured by spiral rows of tubercles. Aperture small with a short siphonal canal at base; operculum paucispiral. Males lack penis.
Source: Hayward et al., 1990.
The following subtaxa of this family occur in the region:
Genus Cerithiella
Cerithiella metula
Genus Cerithiopsis
Cerithiopsis tubercularis