Bittiolum varium

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Bittiolum varium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Bittiolum
Species:
B. varium
Binomial name
Bittiolum varium
(Pfeiffer, 1840)
Synonyms [1]

Bittiolum properatumWoodring, 1928
Bittium varium(Pfeiffer, 1840)
Cerithium columellared'Orbigny, 1847
Cerithium gibberulumC.B. Adams, 1845
Cerithium pallidumPfeiffer, 1840
Cerithium triserialeGabb, 1881
Cerithium variumPfeiffer, 1840
Diastoma varium(Pfeiffer, 1840)

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Bittiolum varium, common name the grass cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae. [1]

Distribution

Bittiolum varium occurs in shallow waters (0–11 m (0–36 ft) depth) of the Western Atlantic between the East Coast of the United States (Maryland) and Brazil. [2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6.5 mm. [3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 11 m. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bittiolum varium (Pfeiffer, 1840) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2020). "Bittiolum varium" in SeaLifeBase. July 2020 version.
  3. 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .
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