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Lirobittium quadrifilatum

Gastropoda - Procerithiidae

Taxonomy
Bittium quadrifilatum was named by Carpenter (1863). It is extant.

It was recombined as Bittium (Semibittium) quadrifilatum by Bartsch (1911); it was recombined as Semibittium quadrifilatum by Powell (2009); it was recombined as Lirobittium quadrifilatum by Muhs (2014) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Bittium quadrifilatum Carpenter p. 655
1911Bittium (Semibittium) quadrifilatum Bartsch p. 398 figs. Plate 58, figs. 2 and 3
2009Semibittium quadrifilatum Powell
2014Lirobittium quadrifilatum Muhs pp. table 1
2021Lirobittium quadrifilatum 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
speciesquadrifilatum(Carpenter 1863)

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.

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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: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Bittium quadrifiliatum (238622 238623)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Bittium quadrifilatum (222664)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Bittium quadrifilatum (160361 219029 219030 222659 222660 222661 222662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Bittium quadrifilatum (52347)