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Lirobittium rugatum

Gastropoda - Procerithiidae

Taxonomy
Bittium rugatum was named by Carpenter (1866). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 7154, a shell.

It was recombined as Bittium (Semibittium) rugatum by Bartsch (1911); it was recombined as Lirobittium rugatum by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. fetellum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Bittium rugatum Carpenter p. 276
1911Bittium (Semibittium) rugatum Bartsch p. 397 figs. Plate 56, figa. 4 and 5
2021Lirobittium rugatum Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Cerithiimorpha(Golikov and Starobogatov 1975)
familyProcerithiidaeCossmann 1905
subfamilyProcerithiinaeCossmann 1905
genusLirobittiumBartsch 1911
speciesrugatum(Carpenter 1866)

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.

Lirobittium rugatum Carpenter 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:18:02
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:18:02
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Bittium rugatum (97234)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Bittium rugatum (97208 97230 97241 97401 97403)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Bittium rugatum (200398 200403 238421 238434 238436 238437 238610 238611 238612)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Bittium rugatum (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Bittium rugatum (237594)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Bittium rugatum (168757 231899)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Bittium rugatum (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Bittium rugatum (96894 138723 202634 202636 202637 202638 202639 202644 202646 202648 202965 203113 203114 203118 222664 223327 223329) Bittium rugatum, Bittium rugatum (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Bittium rugatum (59063 96566 160361 219029 219030 222660 222661 222949 240580)