Ceritoturris bittium

Ceritoturris bittium
Shell of Ceritoturris bittium (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Ceritoturris
Species:
C. bittium
Binomial name
Ceritoturris bittium
(Dall, 1924)
Synonyms[1]

Crassispira bittium Dall, 1924 (original combination)

Ceritoturris bittium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae[1]

It was formerly included within the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

(Original description) The minute shell has a blunt protoconch. The second whorl shows a peripheral keel. The seven subsequent whorls are moderately rounded, axially and spirally sculptured whorls. The siphonal canal is almost obsolete.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Ceritoturris bittium (Dall, 1924). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719111 on 2017-01-16
  2. ^ Dall (1924). W.H. Dall, Notes on Molluscan Nomenclature; Proc. biol. Soc. Washington 37: 88.
  • "Ceritoturris bittium". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.


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