Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Parent taxon: Bittium according to M. D. Perrilliat et al. 2006
See also Mandic and Steininger 2003, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Shuto 1978 and Stilwell et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Bittium (Brachybittium), Bittium (Cacozeliana), Bittium (Cerithidium), Bittium (Elachista), Bittium (Semibittium), Bittium (Stylidium), Bittium (Zebittium), Bittium arnoldi, Bittium bramkampi, Bittium cliffensis, Bittium deshayesi, Bittium howardi, Bittium koeneni, Bittium latreilli, Bittium longissimum, Bittium munitum, Bittium nugatorium, Bittium oamaruticum, Bittium oedumi, Bittium pabloensis, Bittium parvulum, Bittium preussi, Bittium quilonense, Bittium reticulatum, Bittium reticulatum, Bittium scotti, Bittium serenum, Bittium spina, Bittium topangensis, Bittium yaguense
Subtaxa: Bittium (Bittium) estellensis Bittium (Bittium) paleonotum Bittium (Bittium) samaranganum
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (1 collection), Tuvalu (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (5), the Marshall Islands (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (27), the Marshall Islands (4), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Eocene of France (3), Mexico (1), United States (3: Texas)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), United States (7: Alabama, Texas)
Total: 62 collections including 66 occurrences