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

Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subfamily group names

Bittiidae synonym

Children

Bittium Leach, 1847
Cassiella Gofas, 1987
Cerithidium Monterosato, 1884
Dahlakia H. E. J. Biggs, 1971
Varicopeza Gründel, 1976

Literature

original description

Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls.

basis of record

Houbrick, R. S. (1993). Phylogenetic relationships and generic review of the Bittiinae (Prosobranchia: Cerithioidea). Malacologia. 35 (2): 261-313.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906. 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:411649

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2017-03-23 by Philippe Bouchet

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