Ittibittium is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Ittibittium
Shell of Ittibittium houbricki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Ittibittium
Houbrick, 1993
Species

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Species edit

Species within the genus Ittibittium include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Ittibittium nipponkaiense (Habe & Masuda, 1990):[5] synonym of Ittibittium parcum (Gould, 1861)
  • Ittibittium turricula (Usticke, 1969): synonym of Ittibittium oryza (Mörch, 1876)
  • Ittibittium turriculum [sic] accepted as Ittibittium turricula (Usticke, 1969): synonym of Ittibittium oryza (Mörch, 1876) (misspelling)

References edit

  • Ponder, W., 1993. A new cerithiid from south Western Australia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cerithiidae). Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop 1: 267-277

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