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Lirobittium attenuatum

Gastropoda - Procerithiidae

Taxonomy
Bittium attenuatum was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Bittium (Semibittium) attenuatum by Bartsch (1911); it was misspelled as Bittium attenuata by Clark (1931); it was recombined as Lirobittium attenuatum by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Bittium attenuatum Carpenter p. 655
1911Bittium (Semibittium) attenuatum Bartsch p. 393 figs. Plate 54, figs. 1, 2, and 5
1931Bittium attenuata Clark p. 30
2021Lirobittium attenuatum Hendy

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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
genusLirobittiumBartsch 1911
speciesattenuatum(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.

Lirobittium attenuatum Carpenter 1864
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Bittium attenuatum (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Bittium attenuatum (202496)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Bittium attenuatum (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Bittium attenuatum (201624 237610)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Bittium attenuatum (37933 37935 37936 37937 37939 37943 37944 37945 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Bittium attenuatum (138723 202494 203095 203113 203114 203118 222663 223329 223525)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Bittium attenuatum (202490)