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Bittium howardi

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Cerithiopsis howardi was named by Dickerson (1917). Its type specimen is CAS 415 and 416 (cotypes) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.

It was recombined as Bittium howardi by Effinger (1938).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Cerithiopsis howardi Dickerson p. 175 figs. PI. 30, Figs. 6a and 6b
1918Cerithiopsis fasteni Winkle figs. pl. 7, fig. 8
1938Bittium howardi Effinger p. 380

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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
specieshowardi()

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 howardi Dickerson 1917
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†Cerithiopsis fasteni Winkle 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available