Bittium proteum
| Bittium proteum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Cerithiidae |
| Genus: | Bittium |
| Species: | B. proteum |
| Binomial name | |
| Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1930) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bittium proteum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 7 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Mediterranean Sea
References
- 1 2 Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1930). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 February 2011.
- Houbrick R. (1978). Redescription of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1930) with comments on its generic placements. The Nautilus 92 (1): 9-11
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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