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Bittium (Bittium)

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Bittium (Bittium) Gray
1978Bittium (Bittium) Shuto p. 150
1995Bittium (Bittium) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155
2003Bittium (Bittium) Mandic and Steininger p. 272
2006Bittium (Bittium) Perrilliat et al. p. 154

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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
subgenusBittiumGray 1847

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 (Bittium) Gray 1847
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†Bittium (Bittium) paleonotum Stilwell et al. 2004
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 Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Antarctica Bittium paleonotum (67063)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Bittium estellense (85315) Bittium estellensis (91778 91833 98701)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Bittium estellense (98412)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) Bittium estellensis (98707 98733)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Bittium ridgei, Bittium tresquatrum (83950)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Mexico (Chiapas) Bittium estellensis (79943)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Bittium semigranosum (171526)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Picardie) Bittium semigranosum (178083)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Bittium ridgei, Bittium tresquatrum (205520) Bittium tresquatrum (205533)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Île-de-France) Bittium semigranosum (179130)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bittium tenuispina (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bittium tenuispina (62884)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Georgia Bittium kamyshlakense (47050)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Russian Federation (Adygeya) Bittium kamyshlakense (47046 47047)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bittium tenuispina (62899 62903 62931 62934 62935 62941 62944 62945 62960 62961)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Russian Federation Bittium kamyshlakense (47048)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Bittium benoisti (77402)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Bittium vignal (70191)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Netherlands Bittium tenuispina (186883)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bittium tenuispina (61895 61897 61899 61901 61902 61903 61905 61906 61907 62867 62886 62888 62889 62893)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Marshall Islands Bittium eniwetokensis (77978 77987)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Bittium benoisti, Bittium sp. (38823)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands Bittium sergentum (77975 77976)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Marshall Islands Bittium sergentum (43320)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Cerithium samaranganum (84518 84519 84520 84521 84545)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tuvalu Bittium sergentum (78035)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Bittium impendens, Bittium ianthinum (43306)