Needle Whelk

Bittium scabrum

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: —
Family: Cerithiidae

Bittium is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the horn snails. Distribution This genus is found worldwide. Species Species in the genus Bittium include: Species brought into synonymy Bittium adamsi Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889) Bittium alternatum (Say, 1822) and Bittium nigrum (Totten, 1834) are synonyms of Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822) Bittium asperum Gabb, 1861: synonym of Lirobittium asperum (Gabb, 1861) Bittium attenuatum Carpenter, 1864 – slender cerith: synonym of Lirobittium attenuatum (Carpenter,…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 18

Sources and credits

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