Bittium
Genus of gastropods
Bittium
Drawing from Hartling 1886, two views of a shell of Bittium reticulatum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Cerithiidae
Genus:
Bittium Leach in Gray , 1847[ 1]
Type species
Strombiformis reticulatus da Costa, 1778
Synonyms [ 2]
Bittium (Bittium) Gray, 1847· accepted, alternate representationBittium (Brachybittium) Weisbord, 1962 · accepted, alternate representationBittium (Rasbittium) Gründel, 1976 (junior objective synonym of Manobittium)Cerithiolum Tiberi, 1869 (junior objective synonym of Bittium)Cerithium (Bittium) Gray, 1847 Dahlakia Biggs, 1971 Inobittium Monterosato, 1917 Manobittium Monterosato, 1917
Bittium genus of very small sea snails , marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae , the horn snails.[ 2]
Distribution
This genus is found worldwide.
Description
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Species
Species in the genus Bittium include:[ 3]
Bittium aedonium [ 4] Bittium afrum [citation needed Bittium amboynense Bittium anembatum Bittium aquaticum [citation needed Bittium arenaense [ 5] Bittium armillatum [ 5] Bittium arnoldi Bittium atramentarium Bittium bandatum Bittium bartolomense [ 5] Bittium batillarium Bittium casmaliense Bittium cerithium [citation needed Bittium cerralvoense [ 5] Bittium challisae [ 5] Bittium chrysomallum Bittium circa Bittium clathratalum † Bittium courtillerianum
† Bittium crassicostatum
† Bittium crassum
Bittium decussatum Bittium delicatum [ 6] Bittium depauperatum Bittium diminutivum Bittium dumblei [citation needed Bittium editum Powell , 1930)Bittium elegantissimum [ 7] † Bittium eniwetokense
Bittium exiguum [citation needed Bittium fastigiatum [ 5] Bittium filosum [citation needed Bittium fretense [citation needed † Bittium gallicum
Bittium giganteum Bittium glareosum † Bittium gliberti
Bittium hartbergense [citation needed Bittium hawaiiensis [citation needed Bittium impendens Bittium incile Bittium inornatum [ 5] [citation needed Bittium insulsum Bittium koeneni [citation needed Bittium lacteum Bittium laevicordatum Powell , 1937)† Bittium larrieyense
Bittium latreillii † Bittium lozoueti
Bittium lusciniae [ 8] Bittium mexicanum [ 5] Bittium midwayense Bittium multiliratum [citation needed Bittium nanum Bittium nicholsi [ 5] Bittium nitens Bittium ornatissimum Bittium paleonotum [citation needed Bittium paludosum [citation needed Bittium panamense Bittium peruvianum Bittium philomelae [ 9] Bittium pigrum [ 10] † Bittium pingue
Bittium porcellanum Bittium proteum Bittium pupiforme Bittium quadricinctum † Bittium renauleauense
Bittium reticulatum [ 5] Bittium rubanocinctum [citation needed Bittium russiensis [citation needed Bittium salinae [citation needed Bittium sanjuanense [ 5] Bittium santamariense [ 5] Bittium scalatum [citation needed Bittium semigranosum [citation needed Bittium semigranulosum '[citation needed 'Bittium serra [ 5] Bittium simplex Bittium spina [citation needed Bittium stigmosum [citation needed Bittium submamillatum † Bittium sublima
Bittium tenuispina [citation needed Bittium terebelloides [citation needed † Bittium transenna
Bittium tumidum [ 5] Bittium turritella [citation needed Bittium vancouverense [ 5] † Bittium venustulum
† Bittium vignali
Bittium watsoni Bittium xanthum
Species brought into synonymy
Bittium adamsi Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella adamsi Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822)[ 5] Bittium nigrum (Totten, 1834) are synonyms of Bittiolum alternatum [ 11] Bittium asperum Gabb, 1861: synonym of Lirobittium asperum Bittium attenuatum Carpenter, 1864 – slender cerith:[ 5] Lirobittium attenuatum Bittium boeticum (Pease, 1860) and Bittium pusillum (Gould, 1851) are synonyms of Cerithium boeticum [ 12] Bittium catalinense Bartsch, 1907:[ 5] Lirobittium purpureum Bittium cinctum Hutton, 1885: synonym of Seila cincta † Bittium cossmanni : synonym of † Hemicerithium cossmanni
Bittium diplax Watson, 1886 is a synonym of Cerithidium diplax [ 13] Bittium eschrichti (Middendorff, 1849): synonym of Neostylidium eschrichtii Bittium estuarinum Tate, 1893: synonym of Zeacumantus plumbeus Bittium exile (Hutton , 1873): synonym of Zebittium exile Bittium fetellum Bartsch, 1911:[ 5] Lirobittium fetellum Bittium furvum Watson, 1886 : synonym of Cacozeliana furva Bittium fuscocapitulum Hedley & Petterd, 1906 : synonym of Cacozeliana fuscocapitulum Bittium granarium (Kiener, 1842) is a synonym of Cacozeliana granarium [ 14] Bittium hiloense : synonym of Bittinella hiloensis Bittium houbricki Ponder, 1993 : synonym of Ittibittium houbricki Bittium icarus (Bayle, 1880) : synonym of Cacozeliana icarus Bittium interfossa (Carpenter, 1864):[ 5] Lirobittium interfossa Bittium jadertinum Brusina, 1865: synonym of Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)Bittium johnstonae Bartsch, 1911:[ 5] Lirobittium johnstonae Bittium larum Bartsch, 1911:[ 5] Lirobittium larum Bittium lawleyanum Crosse, 1863: synonym of Zeacumantus plumbeus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)Bittium leucocephalum Watson, 1886 : synonym of Argyropeza leucocephala Bittium minutulum : synonym of Batillariella minutula Bittium munitum (Carpenter, 1864):[ 5] Lirobittium munitum Bittium oldroydae Bartsch, 1911:[ 5] Lirobittium oldroydae Bittium oryza (Mörch, 1876) : synonym of Ittibittium oryza Bittium paganicum (Dall, 1919):[ 5] Lirobittium paganicum Bittium parcum Gould, 1861 is a synonym of Ittibittium parcum [ 15] Bittium perparvulum Watson, 1886[ 5] Cerithidium perparvulum [ 16] Bittium perpusillum Tryon, 1887 : synonym of Cerithium alutaceum Bittium plumbeum : synonym of Zeacumantus plumbeus Bittium quadrifilatum Carpenter, 1864 – four-thread cerith:[ 5] Lirobittium quadrifilatum Bittium scabrum (Olivi, 1792) : synonym of Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)Bittium seymourianum Strebel, 1908: synonym of Cerithiella seymouriana Bittium subplanatum Bartsch, 1911:[ 5] Lirobittium rugatum Bittium torresiense Melvill & Standen, 1899 : synonym of Bittium elegantissimum (Hedley, 1899)Bittium variegatum Henn & Brazier, 1894 : synonym of Cacozeliana variegatum Bittium varium (Pfeiffer, 1840) – grass cerith[ 5] Bittiolum varium [ 17] Bittium zebrum (Kiener, 1841) is a synonym of Cerithium zebrum [ 18] Nomen dubium
Bittium alabastrulum (Mörch, 1876)Bittium caraboboense (Weisbord, 1962)Bittium galactis Mörch, 1876Bittium lima (Bruguière, 1792)
See also
References
^ Leach (1847). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 20 : 270.^ a b Gofas, S. (2011). Bittium Leach in Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137758 on 8 February 2011
^ ZipCodeZoo ^ WoRMS (2010). Bittium aedonium (Watson, 1880). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473064 on 13 January 2011
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Bittium " . Integrated Taxonomic Information System .^ WoRMS (2010). Bittium delicatum (Watson, 1880). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473067 on 13 January 2011
^ WoRMS (2010). Bittium elegantissimum . In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473063 on 13 January 2011
^ WoRMS (2010). Bittium lusciniae (Watson, 1880). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473070 on 13 January 2011
^ WoRMS (2010). Bittium philomelae (Watson, 1880). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473071 on 13 January 2011
^ WoRMS (2010). Bittium pigrum (Watson, 1880). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473079 on 13 January 2011
^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160172 on 13 January 2011
^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithium boeticum . In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473096 on 13 January 2011
^ Gofas, S. (2010). Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397036 on 13 January 2011
^ WoRMS (2010). Cacozeliana granarium (Kiener, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473085 on 13 January 2011
^ WoRMS (2010). Ittibittium parcum (Gould, 1861). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473137 on 13 January 2011
^ Gofas, S. (2010). Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397037 on 13 January 2011
^ Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010). Bittiolum varium (Pfeiffer, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160174 on 13 January 2011
^ WoRMS (2010). Cerithium zebrum Kiener, 1841. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216673 on 13 January 2011
Biggs H.E. (1971). On a proposed new genus of cerithid mollusca from the Dahlak islands, Red Sea . Journal of Conchology 27: 221–223, pl. 7
Gründel J. (1976). Zur Taxonomie und Phylogenie der Bittium-Gruppe . Malakologische Abhandlungen 5(3): 33–59
Houbrick R. (1978). Redescription of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1930) with comments on its generic placements . The Nautilus 92 (1): 9–11
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4 . XII, 195 pp
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification . Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219 Powell A. W. B. , New Zealand Mollusca , William Collins Publishers Ltd , Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1 Gray, J.E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 1, 20: 267-273 Verduin A. (1982). On the taxonomy and variability of recent european species of the genus Bittium Leach (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria 46: 93-120 Houbrick R. (1977). Reevaluation and new description of the genus Bittium (Cerithiidae). The Veliger 20 (2): 101-106
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