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Bittium (Elachista)

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Elachista was named by Treitschke (1833). It is extant.

It was reranked as Bittium (Elachista) by Dall and Bartsch (1901).

It was assigned to Bittium by Dall and Bartsch (1901); and to Elachistidae by Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Elachista Treitschke p. 177
1901Bittium (Elachista) Dall and Bartsch p. 58
1992Elachista Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyBittiinaeCossmann 1906
genusBittiumGray 1847
subgenusElachista(Treitschke 1833)

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 (Elachista) Treitschke 1833
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available