Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative combination: Cerithiopsis howardi
Synonym: Cerithiopsis fasteni Winkle 1918
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1917. Climate and its influence upon the Oligocene faunas of the Pacific Coast, with descriptions of some new species from the Molopophorus lincolnensis Zone. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(6):157-192
Belongs to Bittium according to W. L. Effinger 1938
See also Dickerson 1917 and Winkle 1918
Sister taxa: Bittium (Bittium), Bittium (Brachybittium), Bittium (Cacozeliana), Bittium (Cerithidium), Bittium (Elachista), Bittium (Semibittium), Bittium (Stylidium), Bittium (Zebittium), Bittium arnoldi, Bittium bramkampi, Bittium cliffensis, Bittium deshayesi, 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
Type specimens:
- Bittium howardi: CAS 415 and 416 (cotypes). Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.
- Cerithiopsis fasteni:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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