Bittium oamaruticum Bartrum 1919 (cerith snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae

Full reference: J. A. Bartrum. 1919. New Fossil Mollusca. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 51:96-100

Belongs to Bittium according to J. A. Bartrum 1919

Sister taxa: Bittium (Bittium), Bittium (Brachybittium), Bittium (Cacozeliana), Bittium (Cerithidium), Bittium (Elachista), Bittium (Semibittium), Bittium (Stylidium), Bittium (Zebittium), 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 oedumi, 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 GS953 - Gee Greensand, Hutchinson's Quarry, which is in an Otaian coastal sandstone in the Gee Greensand Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bittium oamaruticum in the database

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