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Bittium Gray, 1847 
AphiaID: 137758

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Cerithiidae (Family) > Bittiinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906
Synonymised
taxa
  Cerithium (Bittium) Gray, 1847
Dahlakia Biggs, 1971
Paracerithium Cotton, 1932 (invalid: junior homonym of Paracerithium Cossmann, 1902; Eubittium is a replacement name)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Verduin A. (1982). On the taxonomy and variability of recent european species of the genus Bittium Leach (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria 46: 93-120 [details]

additional source: Houbrick R. (1977). Reevaluation and new description of the genus Bittium (Cerithiidae). The Veliger 20 (2): 101-106 [details]

additional source: Gründel J. (1976). Zur Taxonomie und Phylogenie der Bittium-Gruppe. Malakologische Abhandlungen 5(3): 33-59 [details]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Houbrick R. (1978). Redescription of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1930) with comments on its generic placements. The Nautilus 92 (1): 9-11 [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Biggs H.E. (1971). On a proposed new genus of cerithid mollusca from the Dahlak islands, Red Sea. Journal of Conchology 27: 221-223, pl. 7 [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Bittium aedonium (Watson, 1880)
Species Bittium alabastrulum (Mörch, 1876)
Species Bittium amboynense (Watson, 1881)
Species Bittium anembatum (Melvill, 1904)
Species Bittium arenaense Hertlein & Strong, 1951
Species Bittium atramentarium Melvill & Standen, 1901
Species Bittium bartolomensis Bartsch, 1917
Species Bittium caraboboense (Weisbord, 1962)
Species Bittium cerralvoense Bartsch, 1911
Species Bittium chrysomallum Melvill, 1901
Species Bittium circa Moreno, 2006
Species Bittium decussatum (Carpenter, 1857)
Species Bittium delicatum (Watson, 1880)
Species Bittium depauperatum Watson, 1897
  » Subspecies Bittium depauperatum maximum F. Nordsieck, 1976 accepted as Bittium depauperatum Watson, 1897
Species Bittium elegantissimum (Hedley, 1899)
Species Bittium galactis Mörch, 1876
Species Bittium glareosum Gould, 1861
Species Bittium impendens (Hedley, 1899)
Species Bittium incile Watson, 1897
Species Bittium insulsum Preston, 1908
Species Bittium lacteum (Philippi, 1836)
  » Subspecies Bittium lacteum lacteum (Philippi, 1836)
Species Bittium latreillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Species Bittium lawleyanum Crosse, 1863
Species Bittium lima (Bruguière, 1792)
Species Bittium lusciniae (Watson, 1880)
Species Bittium mexicanum Bartsch, 1911
Species Bittium midwayense Kosuge, 1979
Species Bittium nanum (Mayer, 1864)
Species Bittium nicholsi Bartsch, 1911
Species Bittium nitens Carpenter, 1864
Species Bittium panamense Bartsch, 1911
Species Bittium perpusillum Tryon, 1887
Species Bittium peruvianum (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Species Bittium philomelae (Watson, 1880)
Species Bittium pigrum (Watson, 1880)
Species Bittium porcellanum Watson, 1886
Species Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1931)
Species Bittium pupiforme (Watson, 1880)
Species Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Species Bittium santamariensis Bartsch, 1917
Species Bittium simplex (Jeffreys, 1867)
Species Bittium submamillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
Species Bittium vancouverense Dall & Bartsch, 1910
Species Bittium watsoni (Jeffreys, 1885)
Species Bittium xanthum Watson, 1886

Species Bittium aeolomitres Melvill & Standen, 1896 (species inquirenda)
Species Bittium marileutes Melvill & Standen, 1896 (species inquirenda)

Subgenus Bittium (Brachybittium) Weisbord, 1962 (alternate representation)
  » Species Bittium (Brachybittium) caraboboense Weisbord, 1962 represented as Bittium caraboboense (Weisbord, 1962) (alternate representation, original combination)

Species Bittium albocinctum Melvill & Standen, 1896 accepted as Joculator albocinctum (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Species Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822) accepted as Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822)
Species Bittium astrolabiensis Strebel, 1908 accepted as Cerithiella astrolabiensis (Strebel, 1908)
Species Bittium atticum F. Nordsieck, 1977 accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Species Bittium boeticum (Pease, 1860) accepted as Cerithium boeticum Pease, 1860
Species Bittium burdwoodianum Melvill & Standen, 1912 accepted as Cerithiella burdwoodiana (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
Species Bittium cinctum Hutton, 1886 accepted as Seila chathamensis Suter, 1908
Species Bittium diplax Watson, 1886 accepted as Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886)
Species Bittium estuarinum Tate, 1893 accepted as Batillaria estuarina (Tate, 1893)
Species Bittium furvum Watson, 1886 accepted as Cacozeliana furva (Watson, 1886)
Species Bittium fuscocapitulum Hedley & Petterd, 1906 accepted as Cacozeliana fuscocapitulum (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
Species Bittium granarium (Kiener, 1842) accepted as Cacozeliana granarium (Kiener, 1842)
Species Bittium hiloense Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1908 accepted as Stosicia hiloensis (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1908)
Species Bittium houbricki Ponder, 1993 accepted as Ittibittium houbricki (Ponder, 1993)
Species Bittium icarus (Bayle, 1880) accepted as Cacozeliana icarus (Bayle, 1880)
Species Bittium jadertinum Brusina, 1865 accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Species Bittium leucocephalum Watson, 1886 accepted as Argyropeza leucocephala (Watson, 1886)
Species Bittium nigrum (Totten, 1834) accepted as Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822)
Species Bittium oryza (Mörch, 1876) accepted as Ittibittium oryza (Mörch, 1876)
Species Bittium parcum Gould, 1861 accepted as Ittibittium parcum (Gould, 1861)
Species Bittium perparvulum Watson, 1886 accepted as Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886)
Species Bittium pusillum (Gould, 1851) accepted as Cerithium boeticum Pease, 1860
Species Bittium scabrum (Olivi, 1792) accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Species Bittium seymourianum Strebel, 1908 accepted as Cerithiella seymouriana (Strebel, 1908)
Species Bittium torresiense Melvill & Standen, 1899 accepted as Bittium elegantissimum (Hedley, 1899)
Species Bittium tricarinatum Pease, 1861 accepted as Metaxia tricarinata (Pease, 1861)
Species Bittium turritelliformis Angas, 1877 accepted as Seilarex turritelliformis (Angas, 1877)
Species Bittium uveanum Melvill & Standen, 1896 accepted as Joculator uveanus (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Species Bittium variegatum Henn & Brazier, 1894 accepted as Cacozeliana variegata (Henn & Brazier, 1894)
Species Bittium varium (Pfeiffer, 1840) accepted as Bittiolum varium (Pfeiffer, 1840)
  » Variety Bittium varium var. turricula Nowell-Usticke, 1969 accepted as Ittibittium oryza (Mörch, 1876)
Species Bittium zebrum (Kiener, 1841) accepted as Cerithium zebrum Kiener, 1841
Environment marine
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Tanzania [details]
Feedingtype  deposit feeder: surface [details]
Link To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137758
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2010-10-31 21:03:08Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2010-11-01 08:46:33Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2010-11-01 13:33:31Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2011-03-17 21:26:04Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Bittium Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137758 on 2013-06-20
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