Bittium Bandatum

''Bittium'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the horn snails.Gofas, S. (2011). Bittium Leach in Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137758 on 8 February 2011

Distribution

This genus is found worldwide.

Description

Species

Species in the genus ''Bittium'' include:

* '' Bittium aedonium'' (Watson, 1880)
* '' Bittium afrum''
* '' Bittium amboynense'' (Watson, 1881)
* '' Bittium anembatum'' (Melvill, 1904)
* '' Bittium aquaticum''
* '' Bittium arenaense'' Hertlein & Strong, 1951
* '' Bittium armillatum'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* ''Bittium arnoldi'' Bartsch, 1911
* '' Bittium atramentarium'' Melvill & Standen, 1901
* '' Bittium bandatum'' Bozzetti, 2019
* '' Bittium bartolomense'' Bartsch, 1917
* ''Bittium batillarium'' Kuroda & Habe, 1971
* ''Bittium casmaliense'' Bartsch, 1911
* ''Bittium cerithium''
* ''Bittium cerralvoense'' Bartsch, 1911
* ''Bittium challisae'' Bartsch, 1917
* ''Bittium chrysomallum'' Melvill, 1901
* ''Bittium circa'' Moreno, 2006
* ''Bittium clathratalum''
* † ''Bittium courtillerianum'' (Millet, 1865)
* † ''Bittium crassicostatum'' (Etheridge & Bell, 1898)
* † '' Bittium crassum'' Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
* '' Bittium decussatum'' (Carpenter, 1857)
* '' Bittium delicatum'' (Watson, 1880)
* '' Bittium depauperatum'' (Watson, 1880)
* '' Bittium diminutivum'' (Philippi, 1845)
* '' Bittium dumblei''
* '' Bittium editum'' ( Powell, 1930)
* '' Bittium elegantissimum'' (Hedley, 1899)
* † '' Bittium eniwetokense'' Ladd, 1972
* '' Bittium exiguum''
* '' Bittium fastigiatum'' Carpenter, 1864
* '' Bittium filosum''
* '' Bittium fretense''
* † '' Bittium gallicum'' Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
* '' Bittium giganteum'' Bartsch, 1911
* '' Bittium glareosum'' Gould, 1861
* † '' Bittium gliberti'' Van Dingenen, Ceulemans & Landau, 2016
* '' Bittium hartbergense''
* '' Bittium hawaiiensis''
* '' Bittium impendens'' (Hedley, 1899)
* '' Bittium incile'' Watson, 1897
* '' Bittium inornatum'' Bartsch, 1911
* '' Bittium insulsum'' Preston, 1908
* '' Bittium koeneni''
* ''Bittium lacteum'' (Philippi, 1836)
* ''Bittium laevicordatum'' ( Powell, 1937)
* † '' Bittium larrieyense'' Vignal, 1911
* '' Bittium latreillii'' (Payraudeau, 1826)
* † '' Bittium lozoueti'' Van Dingenen, Ceulemans & Landau, 2016
* '' Bittium lusciniae'' (Watson, 1880)
* '' Bittium mexicanum'' Bartsch, 1911
* '' Bittium midwayense'' Kosuge, 1979
* '' Bittium multiliratum''
* '' Bittium nanum'' (Mayer, 1864)
* '' Bittium nicholsi'' Bartsch, 1911
* '' Bittium nitens'' Carpenter, 1864
* '' Bittium ornatissimum'' Bartsch, 1911
* ''Bittium paleonotum''
* '' Bittium paludosum''
* '' Bittium panamense'' Bartsch, 1911
* '' Bittium peruvianum'' (d'Orbigny, 1841)
* '' Bittium philomelae'' (Watson, 1880)
* '' Bittium pigrum'' (Watson, 1880)
* † '' Bittium pingue'' Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
* ''Bittium porcellanum'' Watson, 1886
* '' Bittium proteum'' (Jousseaume, 1930)
* '' Bittium pupiforme'' (Watson, 1880)
* '' Bittium quadricinctum'' E. A. Smith, 1903
* † '' Bittium renauleauense'' Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
* ''Bittium reticulatum'' (da Costa, 1778) –
* '' Bittium rubanocinctum''
* '' Bittium russiensis''
* '' Bittium salinae''
* '' Bittium sanjuanense'' Bartsch, 1917
* ''Bittium santamariense'' Bartsch, 1917
* '' Bittium scalatum''
* '' Bittium semigranosum''
* '' Bittium semigranulosum
* '' Bittium serra'' Bartsch, 1917
* '' Bittium simplex'' (Jeffreys, 1867)
* '' Bittium spina''
* '' Bittium stigmosum''
* '' Bittium submamillatum'' (Jeffreys, 1867)
* † '' Bittium sublima'' (d'Orbigny, 1852)
* '' Bittium tenuispina''
* ''Bittium terebelloides''
* † '' Bittium transenna'' (Bayan, 1873)
* '' Bittium tumidum'' Bartsch, 1907
* '' Bittium turritella''
* '' Bittium vancouverense'' Dall & Bartsch, 1910
* † '' Bittium venustulum'' (Millet, 1865)
* † '' Bittium vignali'' Dollfus, 1909
* '' Bittium watsoni'' (Jeffreys, 1885)
* '' Bittium xanthum'' Watson, 1886

;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Bittium adamsi'' Dall, 1889: synonym of '' Finella adamsi'' (Dall, 1889)
* ''Bittium alternatum'' (Say, 1822) accessed 13 January 2011. and ''Bittium nigrum'' (Totten, 1834) are synonyms of '' Bittiolum alternatum'' (Say, 1822)
* ''Bittium asperum'' Gabb, 1861: synonym of '' Lirobittium asperum'' (Gabb, 1861)
* ''Bittium attenuatum'' Carpenter, 1864 – slender cerith: synonym of '' Lirobittium attenuatum'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* ''Bittium boeticum'' (Pease, 1860) and ''Bittium pusillum'' (Gould, 1851) are synonyms of '' Cerithium boeticum'' Pease, 1860
* ''Bittium catalinense'' Bartsch, 1907: synonym of '' Lirobittium purpureum'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* ''Bittium cinctum'' Hutton, 1885: synonym of '' Seila cincta'' (Hutton, 1886)
* † ''Bittium cossmanni'': synonym of † '' Hemicerithium cossmanni'' (Dall, 1892)
* ''Bittium diplax'' Watson, 1886 is a synonym of '' Cerithidium diplax'' (Watson, 1886)
* ''Bittium eschrichti'' (Middendorff, 1849): synonym of '' Neostylidium eschrichtii'' (Middendorff, 1849)
* ''Bittium estuarinum''Tate, 1893: synonym of '' Zeacumantus plumbeus'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
* ''Bittium exile'' ( Hutton, 1873): synonym of '' Zebittium exile'' (Hutton, 1873)
* ''Bittium fetellum'' Bartsch, 1911: synonym of '' Lirobittium fetellum'' (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
* ''Bittium furvum'' Watson, 1886 : synonym of '' Cacozeliana furva'' (Watson, 1886)
* ''Bittium fuscocapitulum'' Hedley & Petterd, 1906 : synonym of '' Cacozeliana fuscocapitulum'' (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
* ''Bittium granarium'' (Kiener, 1842) is a synonym of '' Cacozeliana granarium'' (Kiener, 1842)
* ''Bittium hiloense'': synonym of '' Bittinella hiloensis'' (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1908)
* ''Bittium houbricki'' Ponder, 1993 : synonym of '' Ittibittium houbricki'' (Ponder, 1993)
* ''Bittium icarus'' (Bayle, 1880) : synonym of '' Cacozeliana icarus'' (Bayle, 1880)
* ''Bittium interfossa'' (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of '' Lirobittium interfossa'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* ''Bittium jadertinum'' Brusina, 1865: synonym of ''Bittium reticulatum'' (da Costa, 1778)
* ''Bittium johnstonae'' Bartsch, 1911: synonym of '' Lirobittium johnstonae'' (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
* ''Bittium larum'' Bartsch, 1911: synonym of '' Lirobittium larum'' (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
* ''Bittium lawleyanum'' Crosse, 1863: synonym of Zeacumantus plumbeus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
* ''Bittium leucocephalum'' Watson, 1886 : synonym of '' Argyropeza leucocephala'' (Watson, 1886)
* ''Bittium minutulum'': synonym of '' Batillariella minutula'' (Thiele, 1930) (original combination)
* ''Bittium munitum'' (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of '' Lirobittium munitum'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* ''Bittium oldroydae'' Bartsch, 1911: synonym of '' Lirobittium oldroydae'' (Bartsch, 1911) (original combination)
* ''Bittium oryza'' (Mörch, 1876) : synonym of '' Ittibittium oryza'' (Mörch, 1876)
* ''Bittium paganicum'' (Dall, 1919): synonym of '' Lirobittium paganicum'' (Dall, 1919)
* ''Bittium parcum'' Gould, 1861 is a synonym of '' Ittibittium parcum'' (Gould, 1861)
* ''Bittium perparvulum'' Watson, 1886 is a synonym of '' Cerithidium perparvulum'' (Watson, 1886)
* ''Bittium perpusillum'' Tryon, 1887 : synonym of '' Cerithium alutaceum'' (Gould, 1861)
* ''Bittium plumbeum'': synonym of '' Zeacumantus plumbeus'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1855)
* ''Bittium quadrifilatum'' Carpenter, 1864 – four-thread cerith: synonym of '' Lirobittium quadrifilatum'' (Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
* ''Bittium scabrum'' (Olivi, 1792) : synonym of ''Bittium reticulatum'' (da Costa, 1778)
* ''Bittium seymourianum'' Strebel, 1908: synonym of '' Cerithiella seymouriana'' (Strebel, 1908) (original combination)
* ''Bittium subplanatum'' Bartsch, 1911: synonym of '' Lirobittium rugatum'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* ''Bittium torresiense'' Melvill & Standen, 1899 : synonym of ''Bittium elegantissimum'' (Hedley, 1899)
* ''Bittium variegatum'' Henn & Brazier, 1894 : synonym of ''Cacozeliana variegatum'' (Henn & Brazier, 1894)
* ''Bittium varium'' (Pfeiffer, 1840) – grass cerith is a synonym of '' Bittiolum varium'' (Pfeiffer, 1840)
* ''Bittium zebrum'' (Kiener, 1841) is a synonym of '' Cerithium zebrum'' Kiener, 1841WoRMS (2010). ''Cerithium zebrum'' Kiener, 1841. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216673 on 13 January 2011

;Nomen dubium:
* ''Bittium alabastrulum'' (Mörch, 1876)
* ''Bittium caraboboense'' (Weisbord, 1962)
* ''Bittium galactis'' Mörch, 1876
* ''Bittium lima'' (Bruguière, 1792)

See also

* '' Cerithium''
* '' Ittibittium''

References

* Biggs H.E. (1971). ''On a proposed new genus of cerithid mollusca from the Dahlak islands, Red Sea''. Journal of Conchology 27: 221–223, pl. 7
* Gründel J. (1976). ''Zur Taxonomie und Phylogenie der Bittium-Gruppe''. Malakologische Abhandlungen 5(3): 33–59
* Houbrick R. (1978). ''Redescription of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1930) with comments on its generic placements''. The Nautilus 92 (1): 9–11
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca.'' American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). ''Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

Further reading

Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219
* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

Gray, J.E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 1, 20: 267-273

Verduin A. (1982). On the taxonomy and variability of recent european species of the genus Bittium Leach (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria 46: 93-120

Houbrick R. (1977). Reevaluation and new description of the genus Bittium (Cerithiidae). The Veliger 20 (2): 101-106

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