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Bittium (Lirobittium) munitum

Gastropoda - Procerithiidae

Taxonomy
Cerithiopsis munita was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Bittium (Lirobittium) munitum by Bartsch (1911); it was recombined as Bittium munitum by Willett (1946).

Subspecies
Bittium (Lirobittium) munitum munitoide
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, Lirobittium fetellum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Cerithiopsis munita Carpenter
1911Bittium (Lirobittium) munitum Bartsch p. 404 figs. Plate 53, figs. 1 and 2
1946Bittium munitum Willett p. 29

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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
genusBittiumBartsch 1911
subgenusLirobittium
speciesmunitum(Carpenter 1864)

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 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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Bittium munitum (186031)