Biology:Bittium

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Bittium
Harting 1852 - Bittium reticulatum1.jpg
Drawing from Hartling 1886, two views of a shell of Bittium reticulatum
Scientific classification e
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 representation
  • Bittium (Brachybittium) Weisbord, 1962· accepted, alternate representation
  • Bittium (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 is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the horn snails.[2]

Distribution

This genus is found worldwide.

Description

Species

Species in the genus Bittium include:[3]


Species brought into synonymy
  • Bittium adamsi Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889)
  • Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822)[5] and Bittium nigrum (Totten, 1834) are synonyms of Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822)[11]
  • Bittium asperum Gabb, 1861: synonym of Lirobittium asperum (Gabb, 1861)
  • Bittium attenuatum Carpenter, 1864 – slender cerith:[5] synonym of Lirobittium attenuatum (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Bittium boeticum (Pease, 1860) and Bittium pusillum (Gould, 1851) are synonyms of Cerithium boeticum Pease, 1860[12]
  • Bittium catalinense Bartsch, 1907:[5] synonym of Lirobittium purpureum (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Bittium cinctum Hutton, 1885: synonym of Seila cincta (Hutton, 1886)
  • † Bittium cossmanni: synonym of † Hemicerithium cossmanni (Dall, 1892)
  • Bittium diplax Watson, 1886 is a synonym of Cerithidium diplax (Watson, 1886)[13]
  • Bittium eschrichti (Middendorff, 1849): synonym of Neostylidium eschrichtii (Middendorff, 1849)
  • Bittium estuarinumTate, 1893: synonym of Zeacumantus plumbeus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
  • Bittium exile (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Zebittium exile (Hutton, 1873)
  • Bittium fetellum Bartsch, 1911:[5] synonym of Lirobittium fetellum (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
  • Bittium furvum Watson, 1886 : synonym of Cacozeliana furva (Watson, 1886)
  • Bittium fuscocapitulum Hedley & Petterd, 1906 : synonym of Cacozeliana fuscocapitulum (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
  • Bittium granarium (Kiener, 1842) is a synonym of Cacozeliana granarium (Kiener, 1842)[14]
  • Bittium hiloense: synonym of Bittinella hiloensis (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1908)
  • Bittium houbricki Ponder, 1993 : synonym of Ittibittium houbricki (Ponder, 1993)
  • Bittium icarus (Bayle, 1880) : synonym of Cacozeliana icarus (Bayle, 1880)
  • Bittium interfossa (Carpenter, 1864):[5] synonym of Lirobittium interfossa (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Bittium jadertinum Brusina, 1865: synonym of Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
  • Bittium johnstonae Bartsch, 1911:[5] synonym of Lirobittium johnstonae (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
  • Bittium larum Bartsch, 1911:[5] synonym of Lirobittium larum (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
  • Bittium lawleyanum Crosse, 1863: synonym of Zeacumantus plumbeus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
  • Bittium leucocephalum Watson, 1886 : synonym of Argyropeza leucocephala (Watson, 1886)
  • Bittium minutulum: synonym of Batillariella minutula (Thiele, 1930) (original combination)
  • Bittium munitum (Carpenter, 1864):[5] synonym of Lirobittium munitum (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Bittium oldroydae Bartsch, 1911:[5] synonym of Lirobittium oldroydae (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
  • Bittium oryza (Mörch, 1876) : synonym of Ittibittium oryza (Mörch, 1876)
  • Bittium paganicum (Dall, 1919):[5] synonym of Lirobittium paganicum (Dall, 1919)
  • Bittium parcum Gould, 1861 is a synonym of Ittibittium parcum (Gould, 1861)[15]
  • Bittium perparvulum Watson, 1886[5] is a synonym of Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886)[16]
  • Bittium perpusillum Tryon, 1887 : synonym of Cerithium alutaceum (Gould, 1861)
  • Bittium plumbeum: synonym of Zeacumantus plumbeus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
  • Bittium quadrifilatum Carpenter, 1864 – four-thread cerith:[5] synonym of Lirobittium quadrifilatum (Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
  • Bittium scabrum (Olivi, 1792) : synonym of Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
  • Bittium seymourianum Strebel, 1908: synonym of Cerithiella seymouriana (Strebel, 1908) (original combination)
  • Bittium subplanatum Bartsch, 1911:[5] synonym of Lirobittium rugatum (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Bittium torresiense Melvill & Standen, 1899 : synonym of Bittium elegantissimum (Hedley, 1899)
  • Bittium variegatum Henn & Brazier, 1894 : synonym of Cacozeliana variegatum (Henn & Brazier, 1894)
  • Bittium varium (Pfeiffer, 1840) – grass cerith[5] is a synonym of Bittiolum varium (Pfeiffer, 1840)[17]
  • Bittium zebrum (Kiener, 1841) is a synonym of Cerithium zebrum Kiener, 1841[18]
Nomen dubium
  • Bittium alabastrulum (Mörch, 1876)
  • Bittium caraboboense (Weisbord, 1962)
  • Bittium galactis Mörch, 1876
  • Bittium lima (Bruguière, 1792)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Leach (1847). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 20: 270.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
  3. ↑ ZipCodeZoo
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 "Bittium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=71976.  accessed 13 January 2011.
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ 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
  9. ↑ 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
  10. ↑ 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
  11. ↑ 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
  12. ↑ 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
  13. ↑ 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
  14. ↑ 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
  15. ↑ 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
  16. ↑ 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
  17. ↑ 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
  18. ↑ 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

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2904940 entry



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