Cerithium (Bittium?) oryzaMörch, 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. turriculaUsticke, 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.]