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Bittium yaguense

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Bittium yaguense was named by Gabb (1873). It is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Bittium yaguense Gabb

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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
speciesyaguenseGabb 1873

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.

†Bittium yaguense Gabb 1873
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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: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Zanclean or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Bittium yaguense (99852 131369 131377 131462)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Bittium yaguense (84983 90619 94106 131374 131386 131494 131496)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Bittium yaguense (93997 94003)