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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Cerithiidae

Ittibittium oryza (Mörch, 1876)


Range: 26°N to 14°N; 87°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 to 52 m (live 1 to 23 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3  mm

Synonymy

Cerithium oryza Mörch, 1876
Bittium oryza (Mörch, 1876) 
Bittium turricula Usticke, 1969

Details


Cerithium (Bittium?) oryza Mörch, 1876a, p. 121, [Faber 2005b, figs. 15-20]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 21.8°N to 14°N; 87°W to 61°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula; Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, Dominican Republic; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, Tortola; St. Lucia
References: Houbrick (1974); Faber (2005b) cNSEWM
Combining Genera:  Bittium

Bittium varium var. turricula Usticke, 1969, p. 11, pl. 2, fig. 370A
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Water Island, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands [by lectotype designation of Boyko & Cordeiro (2001)]
Range: 26°N to 17.7°N; 77°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 0 to 52 m (live 1 to 23 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Barbuda
References: Usticke (1969) SEM; Faber (1995) c; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T; Redfern (2001) DdLlNW; Faber (2005b) s
Comments: Also listed as a subspecies by Usticke, therefore available under ICZN Article 45.6.1; see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a). Faber (1995) noted that Usticke's Antigua record was misidentified and actually Bittiolum varium. Faber (1995) changed turricula to turriculum to agree with Bittium and Ittibittium, but turricula is a noun and is invariant.


Partial List of References

Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143.
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix  32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.]

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