African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906

AphiaID

411649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411649)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Cerithiidae J. Fleming, 1822

Original name

Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906

Synonymised names

Alabinidae Dall, 1927 · unaccepted

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Genus Alabina Dall, 1902
Genus Argyropeza Melvill & Standen, 1901
Genus Bittium Leach, 1847
Genus Cacozeliana Strand, 1928
Genus Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884
Genus Dahlakia H. E. J. Biggs, 1971
Genus Varicopeza Gründel, 1976

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852315, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6471866x
page(s): 64, 137 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411649 on 2025-12-08

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411649 on 2025-12-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-08-13 07:23:33Z

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2010-10-31 21:03:08Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-11-01 13:33:31Z

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Gofas, Serge

2017-03-23 04:51:16Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-09-28 05:03:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852315, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6471866x
page(s): 64, 137 [details]

original description (of Alabinidae Dall, 1927) Dall, W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 70(2667): 1-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670453
page(s): 87 [details]

basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1993). Phylogenetic relationships and generic review of the Bittiinae (Prosobranchia: Cerithioidea). <em>Malacologia.</em> 35 (2): 261-313., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13149462 [details]

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