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Gastropoda unnamed Cerithiidae 

Bittium parcum Gould, 1861

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Ittibittium parcum (Gould, 1861)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype Secondary Type: null [] Gould, A. A. 1861. p.387
USNM 2040 lectotype Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

Keywords

Original Epithet:  parcum
habitat: coral reef [ (Kay 1979) ]
habitat: tide pools [ (Kay 1979) ]
Original Text Name:  Bittium parcum
Original Genus:  Bittium
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name       Houbrick, R.S. 1993. p.284 
substrate: algal turf [ such as Valonia, Boodlea, Microdictyon and Padina ]

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.120 [ Figs 22 D; 45 D, E ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Cerithiidae
                        Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906
                          Ittibittium Houbrick, 1993
                            Ittibittium parcum (Gould, 1861)
                              Bittium parcum Gould, 1861

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34263) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.