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Bittium (Bittium) samaranganum

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Cerithium samaranganum was named by Martin (1884) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Indonesia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Bittium (Bittium) samaranganum by Shuto (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Cerithium samaranganum Martin p. 154 figs. pl. 8, fig. 151
1935Cerithium samaranganum Oostingh p. 51
1978Bittium (Bittium) samaranganum Shuto p. 150

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyBittiinaeCossmann 1906
genusBittiumGray 1847
subgenusBittiumGray 1847
speciessamaranganum(Martin 1884)

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Cerithium samaranganum (84518 84519 84520 84521 84545)