• Source: Bittium

Bittium is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the horn snails.




Distribution


This genus is found worldwide.




Description






Species


Species in the genus Bittium include:

Species brought into synonymy

Bittium adamsi Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889)
Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822) and Bittium nigrum (Totten, 1834) are synonyms of Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822)
Bittium asperum Gabb, 1861: synonym of Lirobittium asperum (Gabb, 1861)
Bittium attenuatum Carpenter, 1864 – slender cerith: synonym of Lirobittium attenuatum (Carpenter, 1864)
Bittium boeticum (Pease, 1860) and Bittium pusillum (Gould, 1851) are synonyms of Cerithium boeticum Pease, 1860
Bittium catalinense Bartsch, 1907: 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)
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: 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)
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): synonym of Lirobittium interfossa (Carpenter, 1864)
Bittium jadertinum Brusina, 1865: synonym of Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Bittium johnstonae Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Lirobittium johnstonae (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
Bittium larum Bartsch, 1911: 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): synonym of Lirobittium munitum (Carpenter, 1864)
Bittium oldroydae Bartsch, 1911: synonym of Lirobittium oldroydae (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
Bittium oryza (Mörch, 1876) : synonym of Ittibittium oryza (Mörch, 1876)
Bittium paganicum (Dall, 1919): synonym of Lirobittium paganicum (Dall, 1919)
Bittium parcum Gould, 1861 is a synonym of Ittibittium parcum (Gould, 1861)
Bittium perparvulum Watson, 1886 is a synonym of Cerithidium perparvulum (Watson, 1886)
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: 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: 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 is a synonym of Bittiolum varium (Pfeiffer, 1840)
Bittium zebrum (Kiener, 1841) is a synonym of Cerithium zebrum Kiener, 1841
Nomen dubium

Bittium alabastrulum (Mörch, 1876)
Bittium caraboboense (Weisbord, 1962)
Bittium galactis Mörch, 1876
Bittium lima (Bruguière, 1792)




See also


Cerithium
Ittibittium




References



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



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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