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Gastropoda unnamed Cerithiidae
Cerithium impendens Hedley, 1899Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy
Senior name:
Bittium (Unplaced) impendens (Hedley, 1899)
Types
Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: null [] Hedley, C. 1899. p.434
AMS C5944 holotype Funafuti Atoll, Ellice Islands
Keywords
depth: subtidal [ common at depths of more than 6 m, and abundant at depth og 1 10 more than 20 m (Kay 1979)
]
Original Epithet: impendens
habitat: coral reef [ subtidal reefs (Kay 1979)
]
Original Text Name: Cerithium impendens
Original Genus: Cerithium
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name Houbrick, R.S. 1993. p.282
References
Houbrick, R.S. 1993. p.282 [
] Type locality
Houbrick, R.S. 1993. p.282 [
] Type information
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.118-120 [ Fig 45 A
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
unnamed
Cerithioidea
Cerithiidae
Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906
Bittium Gray, 1847
Bittium (Unplaced)
Bittium (Unplaced) impendens (Hedley, 1899)
Cerithium impendens Hedley, 1899
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34261) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.