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Bittium simplex (Jeffreys, 1867) 
AphiaID: 139055

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Cerithiidae (Family) > Bittiinae (Subfamily) > Bittium (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Bittium Gray, 1847
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: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Note  Validity: Status doubtful: probably colour variety of B. reticulatum  [details]
Images 
Bittium simplex
Bittium simplex
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Bittium simplex
Bittium simplex
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139055
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Bittium simplex (Jeffreys, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139055 on 2013-05-25
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