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Bittium Leach, 1847

Bittium reticulatum

AphiaID

137758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137758)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906

Original name

Bittium Leach, 1847

Synonymised names

Cerithium (Bittium) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Bittium watsoni (Jeffreys, 1885)
Species Bittium amblyterum (R. B. Watson, 1880) accepted as Cerithiella amblytera (R. B. Watson, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Bittium enode (R. B. Watson, 1880) accepted as Cerithiella enodis (R. B. Watson, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Bittium gemmatum (R. B. Watson, 1880) accepted as Bittium watsoni (Jeffreys, 1885) (invalid: not Hinds, 1844)
Species Bittium mamillanum (R. B. Watson, 1880) accepted as Cerithiella amblytera (R. B. Watson, 1880) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 270 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittium Leach, 1847. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137758 on 2026-07-20

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bittium Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137758 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-10-31 21:03:08Z

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Gofas, Serge

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Gofas, Serge

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Gofas, Serge

2011-03-17 21:26:04Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2014-01-18 22:20:06Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Bouchet, Philippe

2023-12-01 17:48:52Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2025-03-30 08:46:27Z

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Dekker, Henk

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original description Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 270 [details]

additional source Verduin A. (1982). On the taxonomy and variability of recent european species of the genus Bittium Leach (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria 46: 93-120, available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=596759 [details] Available for editors

additional source Houbrick, R. S. (1977). Reevaluation and new description of the genus Bittium (Cerithiidae). The Veliger. 20 (2): 101-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42432299 [details]

additional source Gründel J. (1976). Zur Taxonomie und Phylogenie der Bittium-Gruppe (Gastropoda, Cerithiacea). Malakologische Abhandlungen. 5(3): 33-59. [details]

subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 154 [details]