Bittium oedumi Schnetler 2001 (cerith snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae

Full reference: K. I. Schnetler. 2001. The Selandian (Paleocene) mollusc fauna from Copenhagen, Denmark: the Poul Harder 1920 collection. Geology of Denmark Survey Bulletin 37:1-85

Belongs to Bittium according to K. I. Schnetler 2001

Sister taxa: Bittium (Bittium), Bittium (Brachybittium), Bittium (Cacozeliana), Bittium (Cerithidium), Bittium (Elachista), Bittium (Semibittium), Bittium (Stylidium), Bittium (Zebittium), Bittium antarctonodosum, Bittium arnoldi, Bittium barbarensis, Bittium bramkampi, Bittium cliffensis, Bittium decussatum, Bittium deshayesi, Bittium fetellum, Bittium howardi, Bittium kamalae, Bittium koeneni, Bittium latreilli, Bittium longissimum, Bittium mexicanum, Bittium nugatorium, Bittium oamaruticum, Bittium oldroydae, Bittium pabloensis, Bittium parvulum, Bittium preussi, Bittium purnimae, Bittium quilonense, Bittium reticulatum, Bittium reticulatum, Bittium scotti, Bittium serenum, Bittium spina, Bittium topangensis, Bittium yaguense, Cerithium (Bittium) wanneri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sundkrogen 1a-b, which is in a Selandian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Lellinge Greensand Formation of Denmark

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Sundkrogen 1a-b

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