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]
  • Cerithium proteum Jousseaume, 1930
  • Dahlakia jugosa Biggs, 1971
  • Dahlakia leilae Biggs, 1971
  • Dahlakia pirenelloides Biggs, 1971
  • Dahlakia proteum (Jousseaume, 1930)
  • Dahlakia striata Biggs, 1971
  • Litiopa bucciniformis Hornung & Mermod, 1926

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

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