Canadian Register of Marine Species

ERMS taxon details

Bittium Leach, 1847

Bittium reticulatum

AphiaID

137758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137758)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Strombiformis reticulatus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906

Original name

Bittium Leach, 1847

Synonymised names

Cerithium (Bittium) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Bittium circa D. Moreno, 2006
Species Bittium depauperatum R. B. Watson, 1897
Species Bittium incile R. B. Watson, 1897
Species Bittium lactescens (Jeffreys, 1867)
Species Bittium lacteum (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
Species Bittium latreillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Species Bittium nanum (Mayer, 1864)
Species Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Species Bittium scabrum (Olivi, 1792)
Species Bittium watsoni (Jeffreys, 1885)
Subgenus Bittium (Cerithidium) Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884
Species Bittium atticum F. Nordsieck, 1977 accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Species Bittium diplax R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Cerithidium diplax (R. B. Watson, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Bittium enode (R. B. Watson, 1880) accepted as Cerithiella enodis (R. B. Watson, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Bittium hanleyanum Monterosato, 1889 accepted as Bittium simplex (Jeffreys, 1867) accepted as Bittium lactescens (Jeffreys, 1867) (synonym)
Species Bittium jadertinum (Brusina, 1865) accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Species Bittium latreillei [sic] accepted as Bittium latreillii (Payraudeau, 1826) (misspelling)
Species Bittium perparvulum R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Cerithidium perparvulum (R. B. Watson, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1931) accepted as Dahlakia proteum (Jousseaume, 1931)
Species Bittium ragusianum Locard & Caziot, 1900 accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
Species Bittium simplex (Jeffreys, 1867) accepted as Bittium lactescens (Jeffreys, 1867) (invalid; based on preoccupied original name)
Species Bittium submammillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) accepted as Cerithidium submammillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
Species Bittium tenthrenois Melvill, 1896 accepted as Cerithiopsis tenthrenois (Melvill, 1896) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 270 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittium Leach, 1847. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137758 on 2025-05-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Bittium Leach, 1847. Accessed at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137758 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-10-31 21:03:08Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-11-01 08:46:33Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-11-01 13:33:31Z

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Gofas, Serge

2011-03-17 21:26:04Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2014-01-18 22:20:06Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-08-14 08:06:57Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2023-12-01 17:48:52Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2025-03-30 08:46:27Z

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Dekker, Henk

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original description Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 270 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

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, available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=596759 [details] Available for editors

additional source Houbrick, R. S. (1977). Reevaluation and new description of the genus Bittium (Cerithiidae). The Veliger. 20 (2): 101-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42432299 [details]

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

subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 154 [details]