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
	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

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Mediterranean Sea

Houbrick R. (1978). Redescription of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1930) with comments on its generic placements. The Nautilus 92 (1): 9-11
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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