WoRMS taxon details
Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822)
AphiaID: 160172
AphiaID: 160172
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Cerithiidae (Family) > Bittiinae (Subfamily) > Bittiolum (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Bittiolum Cossmann, 1906 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822) (original combination) Bittium nigrum (Totten, 1834) (chresonym) Cerithium reticulatum Totten, 1835 (original combination) Cerithium sayi Gould, 1841 (original combination) Diastoma alternatum (Say, 1822) (chresonym) Diastoma virginica Henderson & Bartsch, 1914 (original combination) Turritella alternata Say, 1822 (original combination) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details] basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Malacolog - Western atlantic gastropod database., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details] from synonym: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Distribution | Atlantic [details] Canada [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Range: 46°N to 36.5°N; 74°W to 63°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), and Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina [details] Habitat: Known from seagrass beds. [details] Habitat: intertidal and infralittoral [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160172 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Bittiolum alternatum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160172 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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