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Bittium (Semibittium)

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Semibittium was named by Cossmann (1896) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 790]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Bittium (Semibittium) by Palmer (1923), Oldroyd (1925), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Mandic et al. (2002).

It was assigned to Bittium by Palmer (1923), Oldroyd (1925), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Mandic et al. (2002); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Bittium (Semibittium) nicholsi, Bittium (Semibittium) nitens, Bittium (Semibittium) purpureum, Bittium (Semibittium) quadricingulatum, Bittium (Semibittium) subplanatum, Bittium (Semibittium) vancouverense
Species lacking formal opinion data
Bittium acuminiense, Bittium adela, Bittium alutraceum, Bittium amitrovi, Bittium antarctonodosum, Bittium armillatum, Bittium asatoi, Bittium asperoides, Bittium attenuatum, Bittium babicense, Bittium benoisti, Bittium canaliculatum, Bittium cancellatum, Bittium cancellatum, Bittium caraboboensis, Bittium caseyi, Bittium casmaliense, Bittium craticulatum, Bittium dulciculum, Bittium duvergieri, Bittium ecostatum, Bittium elegans, Bittium elongatum, Bittium eniwetokensis, Bittium eschrichtii, Bittium estellense, Bittium estellense, Bittium estellense, Bittium fretense, Bittium geyleri, Bittium gibbosum, Bittium glareosum, Bittium granarium, Bittium guineense, Bittium hartbergense, Bittium henryleai, Bittium henryleai, Bittium ianthinum, Bittium icarus, Bittium impendens, Bittium inerfossa, Bittium intaminatum, Bittium jadertinum, Bittium kamyshlakense, Bittium kocneri, Bittium lacteum, Bittium larrieyense, Bittium latreillei, Bittium latreillii, Bittium latum, Bittium mahmoudi, Bittium multilirata, Bittium multiliratum, Bittium multiliratum, Bittium ottoi, Bittium palaeocaenicum, Bittium palitoense, Bittium pericallum, Bittium perpusillum, Bittium plicatulum, Bittium podagrinum, Bittium podagrinum, Bittium praeformatum, Bittium praevarium, Bittium prekoeneni, Bittium priscum, Bittium properatum, Bittium quadricinctum, Bittium reticulatum, Bittium reticulatum, Bittium richei, Bittium ridgei, Bittium ridgei, Bittium ridgei, Bittium robustum, Bittium rugatum, Bittium rugatum, Bittium russiensis, Bittium salinae, Bittium semigranosum, Bittium semigranosum, Bittium semigranulosum, Bittium semigranulosum, Bittium sergentum, Bittium silicium, Bittium simplex, Bittium sora, Bittium spina, Bittium subfragile, Bittium subgranarium, Bittium subgranarium, Bittium sublima, Bittium tenuispina, Bittium tenuispina, Bittium terebrale, Bittium toddae, Bittium transenna, Bittium tresquatrum, Bittium tresquatrum, Bittium tresquatrum, Bittium tresquatrum, Bittium triptychum, Bittium tropicale, Bittium turritella, Bittium turritella, Bittium undulosum, Bittium venezuelanum, Bittium versigranulum, Bittium vignal, Semibittium dulciculum, Semibittium turritella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Semibittium Cossmann
1923Bittium (Semibittium) Palmer p. 294
1925Bittium (Semibittium) Oldroyd p. 16
1995Bittium (Semibittium) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155
2002Bittium (Semibittium) Mandic et al. p. 300
2002Semibittium Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyBittiinaeCossmann 1906
genusBittiumGray 1847
subgenusSemibittium(Cossmann 1896)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:11:54
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 72.20000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland Bittium triptychum (27819)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Bittium quadricingulatum (201621)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Semibittium sp. (3257)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Semibittium dulciculum (8124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Bittium cancellatum (171526)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Picardie) Bittium ecostatum (178158)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Russian Federation (Adygeya) Bittium multiliratum (47046)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Ukraine (Krym) Bittium multiliratum (47049)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Georgia Bittium multiliratum (47050)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Centre) Bittium duvergieri (179581)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Austria Bittium multilirata (74647 74648 74650 74651 74652 74653 74656) Bittium multilirata, Bittium turritella (74649)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Bittium multiliratum (38823)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Bittium subgranarium (63435 63439)