WoRMS taxon details
Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906
AphiaID: 411649
AphiaID: 411649
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Cerithiidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Subfamily | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Cerithiidae Fleming, 1822 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Argyropezinae Bandel, 2006 Bittiidae | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Houbrick R. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships and generic review of the Bittiinae (Prosobranchia: Cerithioidea). Malacologia 35: 261-313.
, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13149462 [details] from synonym: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Argyropeza Melvill & Standen, 1901 Genus Bittiolum Cossmann, 1906 Genus Bittium Gray, 1847 Genus Cacozeliana Strand, 1928 Genus Cassiella Gofas, 1987 Genus Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884 Genus Ittibittium Houbrick, 1993 Genus Lirobittium Bartsch, 1911 Genus Stylidium Dall, 1907 Genus Varicopeza Gründel, 1976 Genus Zebittium Finlay, 1926 Genus Cacozelia Iredale, 1924 accepted as Cacozeliana Strand, 1928 Genus Clathrofenella Kuroda & Habe, 1954 accepted as Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884 Genus Dahlakia Biggs, 1971 accepted as Bittium Gray, 1847 Genus Pasithea I. Lea, 1833 accepted as Bittiolum Cossmann, 1906 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Classification: Bandel (2006) recognized a family Bittiidae Cossmann, 1906 [which should then be named Diastomatidae Cossmann, 1894 on the grounds of priority] with five subfamilies Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906 (usually placed in Cerithiidae following Houbrick, 1993), Finellinae Thiele, 1931, Alabininae Dall, 1927, Dialinae Kay, 1979 and Diastomatinae Cossmann, 1894. This contradicts Ponder (1994) who grouped Finella with Scaliola A. Adams, 1860 in a separate family Scaliolidae Jousseaume, 1912 [Scaliolidae is nevertheless kept distinct by Bandel (2006: 76) on the basis of having a shell agglutinating sand-grains]. It also contradicts Houbrick (1993) who holds the Bittiinae as a subfamily of the Cerithiidae. It seems premature to reflect this scheme, which upsets current usage, in the WoRMS classification until shell characters are cross-checked wit at least anoter independent (e.g. molecular) set of characters. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411649 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Bittiinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411649 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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