Bittium mexicanum Bartsch 1911 (cerith snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae

Full reference: P. Bartsch. 1911. The Recent and fossil mollusks of the genus Bittium from the west coast of America. US National Museum Proceedings 40:383-414

Belongs to Bittium according to P. Bartsch 1911

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 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 specimen: USNM 126774

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

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

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