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Bittium (Cerithidium)

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Cerithidium was named by Monterosato (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant. Its type is Cerithium submamillatum.

It was reranked as Bittium (Cerithidium) by Guzhov (2004).

It was assigned to Cerithiadae by Lozouet (1998); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bittium by Guzhov (2004).

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, Cerithidium fragrans

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Cerithidium Monterosato
1998Cerithidium Lozouet p. 88
2002Cerithidium Sepkoski
2004Bittium (Cerithidium) Guzhov p. S465

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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
subgenusCerithidium(Monterosato 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.

Subg. Bittium (Cerithidium) Monterosato 1884
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Cerithidium plebeium Lozouet 1998
Cerithidium submamillatum Rayneval and Ponzi 1854
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 Chattian to the top of the Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Cerithidium plebeium (74856 74858 74860)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Cerithidium plebeium (74865)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Cerithidium plebeium (74862)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Bittium tropicale (77527)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Cerithidium submamillatum (178117)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Cerithidium fragrans (122940)