''Ittibittium'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of very small
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large taxonomic family, family of medium-sized marine (ocean), marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
Distribution
Ceriths are found worldwide on sandy bottoms, reef flats or co ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ittibittium'' include:
* ''
Ittibittium houbricki''
(Ponder, 1993)
* ''
Ittibittium oryza''
(Mörch, 1876)
* ''
Ittibittium parcum''
(Gould, 1861)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Ittibittium nipponkaiense''
(Habe & Masuda, 1990):
synonym of ''
Ittibittium parcum''
(Gould, 1861)
* ''Ittibittium turricula''
(Usticke, 1969): synonym of ''Ittibittium oryza''
(Mörch, 1876)
* ''Ittibittium turriculum''
icaccepted as Ittibittium turricula (Usticke, 1969): synonym of ''Ittibittium oryza''
(Mörch, 1876) (misspelling)
References
* Ponder, W., 1993. A new cerithiid from south Western Australia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cerithiidae). Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop 1: 267-277
External links
Houbrick, Richard S. "Phylogenetic relationships and generic review of the Bittiinae (Prosobranchia: Cerithioidea)." Malacologia (1993).
Cerithiidae
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