Bittium delicatum

Bittium delicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Bittium
Species: B. delicatum
Binomial name
Bittium delicatum
(Watson, 1880)
Synonyms[1]

Cerithium (Bittium) delicatum Watson, 1880

Bittium delicatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.4 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 183 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 274 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bittium delicatum (Watson, 1880).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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