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Bittiolum

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Bittiolum was named by Cossmann (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Bittium (Bittiolum) by Ladd (1972).

It was assigned to Bittium by Ladd (1972); to Procerithiinae by Gründel (1976); to Cerithiadae by Weisbord (1962) and Todd (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Bittiolum Cossmann
1962Bittiolum Weisbord p. 181
1972Bittium (Bittiolum) Ladd p. 32
1976Bittiolum Gründel
2001Bittiolum Todd
2002Bittiolum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
genusBittiolumCossmann 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.

G. Bittiolum Cossmann 1906
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Invalid names: Cerithium nigrum Totten 1834 [synonym]
Bittiolum varium Pfeiffer 1840
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 Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 48.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.2 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Texas) B. webbi (91856)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands Bittium toddae (43318)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) B. sp. (79785 79791)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands Bittium toddae (77990)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Bittium fretense (60409 60410)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica B. sp., B. properatum (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela B. varium (131217)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Carabobo) B. caribense (41540)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Bittium podagrinum (79331) Bittium varium (41501 41718)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Bittium varium (80304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Cerithium nigrum (60884)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781USA (Florida) Bittium varium (41705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Diastoma alternatum (57702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Uruguay B. varium (195917 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. varium (96538) Diastoma varium (61311)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Diastoma varium (41935 92776)