Ceritoturris bittium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae[1]
| Ceritoturris bittium | |
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| Shell of Ceritoturris bittium (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Ceritoturris |
| Species: | C. bittium
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceritoturris bittium (Dall, 1924)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Crassispira bittium Dall, 1924 (original combination) | |
It was formerly included within the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
(Original description) The minute shell has a blunt protoconch. The second whorl shows a peripheral keel. The seven subsequent whorls are moderately rounded, axially and spirally sculptured whorls. The siphonal canal is almost obsolete.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Hawaii.
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Ceritoturris bittium (Dall, 1924). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719111 on 2017-01-16
- ^ Dall (1924). W.H. Dall, Notes on Molluscan Nomenclature; Proc. biol. Soc. Washington 37: 88.
External links edit
- "Ceritoturris bittium". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.