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Bittium cliffensis

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Cerithium cliffensis was named by Hanna (1927). Its type specimen is UCMP 30962–63–64–65 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bittium cliffensis by Givens and Kennedy (1979).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. acuminiense, B. adela, B. alutraceum, B. antarctonodosum, B. armillatum, B. asatoi, B. asperoides, B. attenuatum, B. babicense, B. canaliculatum, B. cancellatum, B. caseyi, B. casmaliense, B. craticulatum, B. dulciculum, B. elongatum, B. eschrichtii, B. estellense, B. estellense, B. geyleri, B. gibbosum, B. glareosum, B. granarium, B. guineense, B. hartbergense, B. henryleai, B. icarus, B. inerfossa, B. intaminatum, B. jadertinum, B. kocneri, B. lacteum, B. larrieyense, B. latreillei, B. latreillii, B. latum, B. mahmoudi, B. ottoi, B. palaeocaenicum, B. pericallum, B. perpusillum, B. podagrinum, B. praeformatum, B. praevarium, B. prekoeneni, B. priscum, B. properatum, B. reticulatum, B. reticulatum, B. ridgei, B. ridgei, B. robustum, B. rugatum, B. rugatum, B. russiensis, B. semigranosum, B. semigranulosum, B. silicium, B. simplex, B. sora, B. spina, B. subfragile, B. subgranarium, B. sublima, B. tenuispina, B. terebrale, B. transenna, B. tresquatrum, B. tresquatrum, B. turritella, B. undulosum, B. versigranulum, B. plicatulum, B. quadricinctum, B. richei, B. semigranulosum, B. fretense, B. podagrinum, B. toddae, B. benoisti, B. eniwetokensis, B. estellense, B. ianthinum, B. impendens, B. kamyshlakense, B. ridgei, B. semigranosum, B. sergentum, B. tenuispina, B. tresquatrum, B. tresquatrum, B. vignal, B. caraboboensis, B. palitoense, B. salinae, B. venezuelanum, B. tropicale, B. cancellatum, B. duvergieri, B. ecostatum, B. multilirata, B. multiliratum, B. multiliratum, B. subgranarium, B. triptychum, B. turritella, B. amitrovi, B. elegans, B. henryleai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cerithium cliffensis Hanna p. 310 figs. Plate 50, figures 1, 2, 3, and 4
1979Bittium cliffensis Givens and Kennedy p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyBittiinaeCossmann 1906
genusBittiumGray 1847
speciescliffensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Bittium cliffensis Hanna 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:11:54
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Bittium cliffensis (200714 200716 200717 200718 200722 200723 200725 200726 200727 200737 200741 200750)