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Bittiinae

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Bittiinae was named by Cossmann (1906). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cerithiadae by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Cerithiidae by Givens and Kennedy (1976) and Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Bittiinae Cossmann
1976Bittiinae Givens and Kennedy p. 965
2005Bittiinae Bouchet et al. p. 248
2017Bittiinae Bouchet et al. p. 342

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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
subfamilyBittiinaeCossmann 1906

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.

Subfm. Bittiinae Cossmann 1906
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G. †Agapibittium Harzhauser and Kowalke 2001
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†Agapibittium greveniense Harzhauser and Kowalke 2001
G. Bittium Gray 1847
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Subg. Bittium (Bittium) Gray 1847
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†Bittium (Bittium) paleonotum Stilwell et al. 2004
Subg. †Bittium (Brachybittium) Weisbord 1962
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Subg. †Bittium (Cacozeliana) Strand 1928
Subg. Bittium (Cerithidium) Monterosato 1884
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†Cerithidium plebeium Lozouet 1998
†Cerithidium submamillatum Rayneval and Ponzi 1854
Subg. Bittium (Elachista) Treitschke 1833
Subg. Bittium (Semibittium) Cossmann 1896
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Subg. Bittium (Zebittium) Finlay 1927
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†Bittium (Zebittium) brooksi Stilwell et al. 2004
Bittium arnoldi Bartsch 1911
†Bittium bramkampi Durham 1944
†Bittium cliffensis Hanna 1927
†Bittium deshayesi Cerulli Irelli 1912
Bittium latreilli Ávila et al. 2009
†Bittium longissimum Cooper 1894
Bittium munitum Carpenter 1864
†Bittium nugatorium Brown and Pilsbry 1911
†Bittium oamaruticum Bartrum 1919
†Bittium oedumi Schnetler 2001
Bittium pabloensis Clark 1915
†Bittium parvulum Nardini 1934
†Bittium preussi Hanna 1924
†Bittium quilonense Dey 1961
Bittium reticulatum Montagu 1803
Bittium reticulatum da Costa 1778
†Bittium scotti Brown and Pilsbry 1913
†Bittium serenum Hoerle 1972
†Bittium spina Partsch 1856
†Bittium topangensis Arnold 1907
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Invalid names: Bittium trampasensis Clark 1915 [synonym], Cerithiopsis turneri Clark 1915 [synonym], Cerithium arnoldi Anderson and Martin 1914 [synonym]
†Bittium yaguense Gabb 1873
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Holocene or 161.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 150.8 Ma

Collections (467 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8France (Normandy) Bittium russiensis (23539)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Bittium mahmoudi (98327)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Bittium sp. (7456)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Bittium sp. (205541)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Bittium triptychum (27819)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Bittium estellense (5571 5573 5574 5583 5585 5587 5588 5589 5594 5595 5597 5598 5600 5601 5602 85315) Bittium estellensis (91778 91833) Bittium prekoeneni (205466) Bittium sp. (84467) Bittium sp. A, Bittium estellensis (98701)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Bittium transenna (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica Bittium paleonotum (67063)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Bittium versigranulum (22931)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Bittium estellense (98412)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Bittium estellensis (98707 98733)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany Bittium palaeocaenicum (3114)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Bittium guineense (7791)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Bittium oedumi (35263)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Bittium babicense, Bittium semigranulosum, Bittium subfragile, Bittium transenna, Bittium sp. (27018) Bittium gibbosum (27019)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Bittium sp. (52271) Cerithiopsis preussi (52304)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Bittium anita (92345)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Bittium plicatulum (75320 75321 75322 75323 75324 75325 75327 75339 75355 75360 75404 75405) Bittium plicatulum, Bittium quadricinctum (75341) Bittium plicatulum, Bittium richei (75328) Bittium plicatulum, Bittium semigranulosum (75391 75397 75414) Bittium richei (75332 75356) Bittium semigranulosum (75370 75373 75374 75387 75392 75403 75410 75411 75412)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Bittium semigranosum (77608)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Bittium anita (91844 91845) Bittium ridgei, Bittium tresquatrum (7789 83950) Bittium tresquatrum (7788 84325 84337 178054)