Bittium proteum

Bittium proteum
Bittium proteum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Bittium
Species: B. proteum
Binomial name
Bittium proteum
(Jousseaume, 1930)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithium proteum Jousseaume, 1930
  • Dahlakia jugosa Biggs, 1971
  • Dahlakia leilae Biggs, 1971
  • Dahlakia pirenelloides Biggs, 1971
  • Dahlakia proteum (Jousseaume, 1930)
  • Dahlakia striata Biggs, 1971
  • Litiopa bucciniformis Hornung & Mermod, 1926

Bittium proteum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Contents

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 7 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Mediterranean Sea

References

  1. ^ a b Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1930).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139053 on 8 February 2011.
  • Houbrick R. (1978). Redescription of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1930) with comments on its generic placements. The Nautilus 92 (1): 9-11
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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