Ceritoturris bittium
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon =Ceritoturris bittium
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| image_caption = Shell of Ceritoturris bittium (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
| authority = (Dall, 1924)
| synonyms = Crassispira bittium Dall, 1924 (original combination)
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Ceritoturris bittium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family HoraiclavidaeBouchet, P. (2015). Ceritoturris bittium (Dall, 1924). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719111 on 2017-01-16
It was formerly included within the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
(Original description) The minute shell has a blunt protoconch. The second whorl shows a peripheral keel. The seven subsequent whorls are moderately rounded, axially and spirally sculptured whorls. The siphonal canal is almost obsolete.Dall (1924). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107498#page/128/mode/1up W.H. Dall, Notes on Molluscan Nomenclature; Proc. biol. Soc. Washington 37: 88.]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Hawaii.
References
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External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=3|id=18483|title=Ceritoturris bittium|access-date=15 January 2019}}
- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1924
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