Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Cerithiidae > Subfamily Bittiinae > Genus Bittium

Bittium latreillii (Payraudeau, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cerithium Bruguière, 1789

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bittium*	Leach, 1847	accepted genus name
*Cerithium (Bittium)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Bittium latreillei*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Bittium latreillii var. lineolata*	Pallary, 1917	synonym
*Cerithium lima*	Bruguière, 1792 sensu R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Cerithium mamillatum*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Verduin A. (1982). On the taxonomy and variability of recent european species of the genus Bittium Leach (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria 46: 93-120
additional source	Russo G.F., Fraschetti S. & Terlizzi A. 2002. Population ecology and production of Bittium latreillii (Gastropoda, Cerithidae) in a Posidonia oceanica seagrass bed. Italian Journal of Zoology, 69(3): 215-222
additional source	Brunetti, M. & Della Bella, G. (2024). Conchiglie fossili di Pradalbino. Palermo: Edizioni Danaus. 183 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittium latreillii (Payraudeau, 1826). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139052