Ceritoturris bittium

Ceritoturris bittium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Horaiclavidae
Genus:Ceritoturris
Species: C. bittium
Binomial name
Ceritoturris bittium
(Dall, 1924)
Synonyms[1]

Crassispira bittium Dall, 1924 (original combination)

Ceritoturris bittium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae [1]

It was formerly included within the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

(Original description) The minute shell has a blunt protoconch. The second whorl shows a peripheral keel. The seven subsequent whorls are moderately rounded, axially and spirally sculptured whorls. The siphonal canal is almost obsolete.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Ceritoturris bittium (Dall, 1924). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719111 on 2017-01-16
  2. Dall (1924). W.H. Dall, Notes on Molluscan Nomenclature; Proc. biol. Soc. Washington 37: 88.


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