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Bittium reticulatum

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Murex reticulatus was named by Montagu (1803). It is extant. It is the type species of Bittium.

It was recombined as Bittium reticulatum by Hoerle (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Murex reticulatus Montagu
1972Bittium reticulatum Hoerle p. 14

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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
speciesreticulatum(Montagu 1803)

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 reticulatum Montagu 1803
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Bittium reticulatum (77624)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Bittium reticulatum (178108)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Bittium reticulatum (70539)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Vienna) Bittium reticulatum (174159)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Bittium reticulatum (72305)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Bittium reticulatum (73137 73138 73139 73141)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Bittium reticulatum (72310)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy Bittium reticulatum (78335 78337 78338)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Bittium reticulatum (72318)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Bittium reticulatum (72414 72415)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Bittium reticulatum (78312)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Bittium reticulatum (98205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Bittium reticulatum (64001 64028 64031 64033)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Bittium reticulatum (76577 76579)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Bittium reticulatum (56803 56806)