WoRMS taxon details
Bittiolum varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
160174 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160174)
accepted
Species
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)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cerithium varium L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 250-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203058
page(s): 256-257 [details]
page(s): 256-257 [details]
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]
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]
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 2025-05-12
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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. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 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.). <i>Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba</i>. 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. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 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. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.</em> 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. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 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. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 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). <i>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</i>. 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]
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.). <i>Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba</i>. 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. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 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. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.</em> 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. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 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. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 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). <i>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</i>. 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 <i>Bittium</i>-Gruppe (Gastropoda, Cerithiacea). <em>Malakologische Abhandlungen.</em> 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 <i>in:</i> 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
[request]
additional source Redfern, C. 2013. Bahamian Seashells: 1161 Species from Abaco, Bahamas. Bahamianseashells.com, Boca Raton, Florida. 501 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 <i>Bittium</i>-Gruppe (Gastropoda, Cerithiacea). <em>Malakologische Abhandlungen.</em> 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 <i>in:</i> 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
[request]additional source Redfern, C. 2013. Bahamian Seashells: 1161 Species from Abaco, Bahamas. Bahamianseashells.com, Boca Raton, Florida. 501 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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]
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | grass cerith | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cerithium pallidum L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cerithium varium L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Diastoma varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bittiolum varium)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Cerithium varium L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Bittiolum varium (L. Pfeiffer, 184) United States, Florida, Dade Co., Miami, collec...
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437206) (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437207) (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Diastoma varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cerithium pallidum L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cerithium varium L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Diastoma varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bittiolum varium)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Cerithium varium L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Bittiolum varium (L. Pfeiffer, 184) United States, Florida, Dade Co., Miami, collec...
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437206) (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1437207) (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Diastoma varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Bittium varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840))
To ITIS
