Bittium purnimae Banerjee and Halder 2024 (cerith snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae

Full reference: S. Banerjee and K. Halder. 2024. A new caenogastropod assemblage from the early Eocene of the Cambay Basin, western India, and its palaeoenvironmental implications. Papers in Palaeontology 10(5)

Belongs to Bittium according to S. Banerjee and K. Halder 2024

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 oamaruticum, Bittium oedumi, Bittium oldroydae, Bittium pabloensis, Bittium parvulum, Bittium preussi, Bittium quilonense, Bittium reticulatum, Bittium reticulatum, Bittium scotti, Bittium serenum, Bittium spina, Bittium topangensis, Bittium yaguense, Cerithium (Bittium) wanneri

Type specimen: PG/CG/Cr288, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of India (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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