Biology:Zebittium

Short description: Genus of gastropod

Zebittium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Subfamily:	Bittiinae
Genus:	Zebittium H. J. Finlay, 1926
Type species
Cerithium exilis F. W. Hutton, 1873
Synonyms
Bittium (Zebittium) Finlay, 1926

Zebittium is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids.

Species

• † Zebittium brooksae (Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004)
• Zebittium editum A. W. B. Powell, 1930
• Zebittium exile (F. W. Hutton, 1873)
• Zebittium laevicordatum A. W. B. Powell, 1937
• † Zebittium tenuicordatum Laws, 1940
• † Zebittium vicinum Laws, 1941

Synonyms

• † Zebittium granchii (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992): synonym of † Bittium granchii Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992

External links

• Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23

Wikidata ☰ Q4890842 entry