MSBIAS taxon details
Bittium Leach, 1847
137758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137758)
accepted
Genus
- Species Bittium incile R. B. Watson, 1897
- Species Bittium lactescens (Jeffreys, 1867)
- Species Bittium lacteum (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
- Species Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Bittium scabrum (Olivi, 1792)
- Species Bittium watsoni (Jeffreys, 1885)
- Species Bittium jadertinum (Brusina, 1865) accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Bittium simplex (Jeffreys, 1867) accepted as Bittium lactescens (Jeffreys, 1867) (invalid; based on preoccupied original name)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 270 [details]
page(s): 270 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittium Leach, 1847. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137758 on 2025-04-19
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Bittium Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137758 on 2025-04-19
Date
action
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original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 270 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
additional source Verduin A. (1982). On the taxonomy and variability of recent european species of the genus <i>Bittium</i> Leach (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). <i>Basteria 46</i>: 93-120, available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=596759 [details] Available for editors
additional source Houbrick, R. S. (1977). Reevaluation and new description of the genus <i>Bittium</i> (Cerithiidae). <em>The Veliger.</em> 20 (2): 101-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42432299 [details]
additional source Gründel J. (1976). Zur Taxonomie und Phylogenie der <i>Bittium</i>-Gruppe (Gastropoda, Cerithiacea). <em>Malakologische Abhandlungen.</em> 5(3): 33-59. [details]
subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 270 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
additional source Verduin A. (1982). On the taxonomy and variability of recent european species of the genus <i>Bittium</i> Leach (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). <i>Basteria 46</i>: 93-120, available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=596759 [details] Available for editors
additional source Houbrick, R. S. (1977). Reevaluation and new description of the genus <i>Bittium</i> (Cerithiidae). <em>The Veliger.</em> 20 (2): 101-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42432299 [details]
additional source Gründel J. (1976). Zur Taxonomie und Phylogenie der <i>Bittium</i>-Gruppe (Gastropoda, Cerithiacea). <em>Malakologische Abhandlungen.</em> 5(3): 33-59. [details]
subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 154 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
