Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae

This species was misidentified with Bittium nanum (Mayer, 1864), an endemic species from the Azores that was correctly identified by Moreno (2011):

Moreno D. (2011) Bittium nanum (Gastropoda, Cerithiidae), una especie valida de las islas Azores. Iberus 29(1): 59-74.

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Full reference: S. P. Ávila, P. Madeira, C. Zazo, A. Kroh, M. Kirby, C. Marques Silva, M. Cachao and A. M. Frias Martins. 2009. Palaeoecology of the Pleistocene (MIS 5) outcrops of Santa Maria Island (Azores) in a complex oceanic tectonic setting. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 274:18-31

Belongs to Bittium according to S. P. Ávila et al. 2009

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 longissimum, Bittium mexicanum, Bittium nugatorium, Bittium oamaruticum, 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

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

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

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