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 reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Strombiformis da Costa, 1778

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Bittium atticum*	F. Nordsieck, 1977	synonym
*Bittium jadertinum*	(Brusina, 1865)	synonym
*Bittium jadertinum antonium*	F. Nordsieck, 1976	synonym
*Bittium ragusianum*	Locard & Caziot, 1900	synonym
*Bittium reticulatum var. bifasciata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Bittium reticulatum var. exigua*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Cerithium afrum*	Danilo & Sandri, 1856	synonym
*Cerithium angustum*	Deshayes, 1835	synonym
*Cerithium elongatum*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1855	synonym; nom. inval.
*Cerithium jadertinum*	Brusina, 1865	synonym
*Cerithium reticulatum*	(da Costa, 1778)	synonym
*Cerithium suturale*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Murex acuminatus*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Murex reticulatus*	(da Costa, 1778)	synonym
*Murex scaber*	Olivi, 1792	synonym
*Rissoa vulgatissima*	W. Clark, 1855	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: lille tårnsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: muizekeutel; muizenkeuteltje; naaldje sources: Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

English: needle shell; needle whelk sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Hornschnecke; Kleine Gitterschnecke; Mäusedreck; Netzhörnchen sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: dvergtårnsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: dvergtårnsnigel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: nålsnäcka

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.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778). 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:139054