MolluscaBase taxon details
Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822)
160172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160172)
accepted
Species
Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822) · unaccepted
Bittium nigrum (Totten, 1834) · unaccepted (chresonym)
Cerithium cancellatum H. C. Lea, 1842 · unaccepted (non Lamarck, 1804)
Cerithium reticulatum Totten, 1835 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cerithium sayi A. Gould, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithium spina H. C. Lea, 1845 · unaccepted
Diastoma alternatum (Say, 1822) · unaccepted (chresonym)
Diastoma virginica J. B. Henderson & Bartsch, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pasithea nigra Totten, 1834 · unaccepted
Turritella alternata Say, 1822 · unaccepted (Original combination)
marine
(of Turritella alternata Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 243-244 [details]
page(s): 243-244 [details]
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...
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160172 on 2024-05-07
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original description
(of Turritella alternata Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 243-244 [details]
original description (of Pasithea nigra Totten, 1834) Totten J.G. (1834). Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 26: 366-369, 1 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30989159
page(s): 369; Plate, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Cerithium sayi A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 278 [details]
original description (of Diastoma virginica J. B. Henderson & Bartsch, 1914) Henderson, J. B., Jr. & Bartsch, P. (1914). Littoral marine mollusks of Chincoteague Island, Virginia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 47(2055): 411-421, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7762347
page(s): 419-420, pl. 14, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Cerithium cancellatum H. C. Lea, 1842) Lea, H.C. (1842). Descriptions of eight new species of shells native to the United States. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 42: 106-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30869140
page(s): 111-112, pl. 1, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Cerithium spina H. C. Lea, 1845) Lea, H. C. (1845). <i>Description of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Va.</i> Philadelphia, 48 pp., pls 34–37. [A preprint of H.C. Lea, 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21733034
page(s): 42 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source 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]
additional source Malacolog - Western atlantic gastropod database., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
page(s): 243-244 [details]
original description (of Pasithea nigra Totten, 1834) Totten J.G. (1834). Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 26: 366-369, 1 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30989159
page(s): 369; Plate, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Cerithium sayi A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 278 [details]
original description (of Diastoma virginica J. B. Henderson & Bartsch, 1914) Henderson, J. B., Jr. & Bartsch, P. (1914). Littoral marine mollusks of Chincoteague Island, Virginia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 47(2055): 411-421, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7762347
page(s): 419-420, pl. 14, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Cerithium cancellatum H. C. Lea, 1842) Lea, H.C. (1842). Descriptions of eight new species of shells native to the United States. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 42: 106-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30869140
page(s): 111-112, pl. 1, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Cerithium spina H. C. Lea, 1845) Lea, H. C. (1845). <i>Description of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Va.</i> Philadelphia, 48 pp., pls 34–37. [A preprint of H.C. Lea, 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21733034
page(s): 42 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source 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]
additional source Malacolog - Western atlantic gastropod database., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
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 intertidal and infralittoral [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| French | cérithe vergeté | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (189 publications) (from synonym Cerithium reticulatum Totten, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diastoma alternatum (Say, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) (from synonym Bittium nigrum (Totten, 1834))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diastoma virginica Henderson & Bartsch, 1914 1 of 100 ca. Paratype USNM 252569X) (from synonym Diastoma virginica J. B. Henderson & Bartsch, 1914)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437091)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Diastoma virginica J. B. Henderson & Bartsch, 1914)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 061292)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diastoma alternatum (Say, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) (from synonym Bittium nigrum (Totten, 1834))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Diastoma virginica Henderson & Bartsch, 1914 1 of 100 ca. Paratype USNM 252569X) (from synonym Diastoma virginica J. B. Henderson & Bartsch, 1914)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437091)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Diastoma virginica J. B. Henderson & Bartsch, 1914)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 061292)
To ITIS
From other sources
