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

Bittium lacteum (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bittium*	Leach, 1847	accepted genus name
*Cerithium (Bittium)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Cerithium algerianum*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1855	synonym
*Cerithium lacteum*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Cerithium niveum*	Bivona e Bernardi, 1838	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Sacchetti, C., Landau, B. & Ávila, S. P. (2023). The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications. Zootaxa. 5295(1): 1-150.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittium lacteum (R. A. Philippi, 1836). 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:139051