Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Cerithiidae > Subfamily Bittiinae

Bittium Leach, 1847

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerithium (Bittium)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym

Children

Bittium circa D. Moreno, 2006
Bittium depauperatum R. B. Watson, 1897
Bittium incile R. B. Watson, 1897
Bittium lactescens (Jeffreys, 1867)
Bittium lacteum (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
Bittium latreillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Bittium lima (Bruguière, 1792)
Bittium nanum (Mayer, 1864)
Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Bittium scabrum (Olivi, 1792)
Bittium watsoni (Jeffreys, 1885)

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847].
additional source	Houbrick, R. S. (1977). Reevaluation and new description of the genus Bittium (Cerithiidae). The Veliger. 20 (2): 101-106.
additional source	Gründel J. (1976). Zur Taxonomie und Phylogenie der Bittium-Gruppe (Gastropoda, Cerithiacea). Malakologische Abhandlungen. 5(3): 33-59.
additional source	Verduin A. (1982). On the taxonomy and variability of recent european species of the genus Bittium Leach (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria 46: 93-120
subsequent type designation	Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittium Leach, 1847. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137758