''Zebittium'' 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
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 ...
, a
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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
or
micromollusc
A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine molluscs, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater molluscs also ...
in the family
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 ...
, the cerithiids.
Species
* † ''
Zebittium brooksae
''Zebittium'' is a genus (biology), genus of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids.
Species
* † ''Zebittium brooksae'' (Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004)
* ''Zebit ...
''
(Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004)
* ''
Zebittium editum
''Zebittium editum'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids. This species is found only in New Zealand.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic
Endemism is the state of a ...
''
A. W. B. Powell, 1930
* ''
Zebittium exile
''Zebittium exile'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large taxonomic family, family of medium-sized marine (ocean ...
''
(F. W. Hutton, 1873)
* ''
Zebittium laevicordatum
''Zebittium laevicordatum'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids. It is known to occur only at the Three Kings Islands of New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island countr ...
''
A. W. B. Powell, 1937
* † ''
Zebittium tenuicordatum
''Zebittium'' is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids.
Species
* † ''Zebittium brooksae'' (Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004)
* ''Zebittium editum'' A. W. B. Powell, 1 ...
''
Laws, 1940
* † ''
Zebittium vicinum
''Zebittium'' is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids.
Species
* † ''Zebittium brooksae'' (Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004)
* ''Zebittium editum'' A. W. B. Powell, 1 ...
''
Laws, 1941
;Synonyms:
* † ''Zebittium granchii''
(Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992): synonym of † ''
Bittium granchii
''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 ...
''
Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
References
External links
Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
Cerithiidae
Gastropods described in 1926
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