Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative combination: Cerithiopsis howardi
Synonym: Cerithiopsis fasteni Van Winkle 1918
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1917. Climate and its influence upon the Oligocene faunas of the Pacific Coast, with descriptions of some new species from the Molopophorus lincolnensis Zone. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(6):157-192
Belongs to Bittium according to W. L. Effinger 1938
See also Dickerson 1917 and Van Winkle 1918
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 kamalae, Bittium koeneni, Bittium latreilli, 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
Type specimens:
- Bittium howardi: CAS 415 and 416 (cotypes). Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.
- Cerithiopsis fasteni: Its type locality is UW 239, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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