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Bittium spina

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Cerithium spina was named by Partsch (1856) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Bittium (Bittium) spina by Sieber (1937); it was recombined as Bittium spina by Strausz (1966) and Harzhauser (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Cerithium spina Partsch
1937Bittium (Bittium) spina Sieber p. 490
1966Bittium spina Strausz p. 141
2002Bittium spina Harzhauser p. 71

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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
speciesspina(Partsch 1856)

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.

†Bittium spina Partsch 1856
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Gelasian or 28.40000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary Bittium spina (41532)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bittium spina (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Bittium spina (77626)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bittium spina (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bittium spina (62899 62903 62929 62932 62936 62938 62943 62944 62954 62957)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Bittium spina (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Bittium spina (111599)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Bittium spina (178116)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Bittium spina (186883)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bittium spina (61895 61896 61897 61898 61899 61900 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62867 62885 62886 62887 62888 62889 62892 62893 62895 62898)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Asti) Bittium spina (86305)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Bittium spina (178457 178779)