Canadian Register of Marine Species - Bittiolum varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)

WoRMS taxon details

Bittiolum varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)

AphiaID

160174 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160174)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bittiolum Cossmann, 1906

Original name

Cerithium varium L. Pfeiffer, 1840

Synonymised names

Bittiolum properatum Woodring, 1928 · unaccepted

Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) · unaccepted (chresonym)

Cerithiopsis guaranianum (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) · unaccepted

Cerithium columellare A. d'Orbigny, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cerithium gibberulum C. B. Adams, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cerithium guaranianum A. d'Orbigny, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cerithium pallidum L. Pfeiffer, 1840 · unaccepted

Cerithium triseriale Gabb, 1881 · unaccepted

Cerithium varium L. Pfeiffer, 1840 · unaccepted (original combination)

Diastoma varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) · unaccepted (chresonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cerithium varium L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 250-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203058
page(s): 256-257 [details]

Type data

Lectotype (of Cerithium pallidum L. Pfeiffer, 1840) MBE...

Lectotype (of Cerithium pallidum L. Pfeiffer, 1840) MBE ZMB 109.692, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Lectotype (of Cerithium varium L. Pfeiffer, 1840) MBE ZMB 109.687, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Virginian, south side of Cape Cod, and extending northward of the subprovince limit and to Maryland, North Carolina, Florida;...

Distribution Virginian, south side of Cape Cod, and extending northward of the subprovince limit and to Maryland, North Carolina, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico; Mexico: Tamaulipas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela; Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba; Cuba: Havana Province, Matanzas; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil; Brazil: Para, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittiolum varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160174 on 2025-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-31 07:34:34Z

created

Claus, Simon

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2010-11-01 08:46:33Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2020-06-26 19:28:21Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cerithium gibberulum C. B. Adams, 1845) Adams, C. B. (1845). Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490685
page(s): 5 [details]

original description (of Cerithium columellare A. d'Orbigny, 1847) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264 [pp. 1-208, pls 1-8, 4bis [1841]; 209-264 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380 [pp. 1-112, pls 9-19 [1842]; 113-380, pls 20-28 [1853]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 155, pl. 23, figs 13-15 [details]

original description (of Cerithium pallidum L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 250-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203058
page(s): 257 [details]

original description (of Bittiolum properatum Woodring, 1928) Woodring, W. P. (1928). Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 385: vii + 564 pp., 40 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59220479 [details]

original description (of Cerithium triseriale Gabb, 1881) Gabb, W. M. (1881). Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Pliocene clay beds between Limon and Moen, Costa Rica, together with notes on previously known species from there and elsewhere in the Caribbean area. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. ser. 2, 8(4): 349-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37079066 [details]

original description (of Cerithium varium L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 250-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203058
page(s): 256-257 [details]

original description (of Cerithium guaranianum A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 443-444, pl. 77 fig. 9 (not. fig. 11 !)-10 [1841]; 706 [1846]. [details]

basis of record 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]

Other

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

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 Gründel J. (1976). Zur Taxonomie und Phylogenie der Bittium-Gruppe (Gastropoda, Cerithiacea). Malakologische Abhandlungen. 5(3): 33-59.
page(s): 49, pl. 2 figs 6-8, textfig. 9 [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Redfern, C. 2013. Bahamian Seashells: 1161 Species from Abaco, Bahamas. Bahamianseashells.com, Boca Raton, Florida. 501 pp. [details]