Bittium reticulatum Small Needle Whelk

Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)

Bittium reticulatum lives on sandy and muddy shores, often with Zostera and other seegrasses.It lives to depths up to 250 m.Shell is reddish-brown to light chestnut-brown in colour.The operculum is oval.

Synonymised names
Bittium (Bittium) reticulatum (da Costa, 1778) · alternative representation
Bittium atticum F. Nordsieck, 1977 · unaccepted
Bittium jadertinum (Brusina, 1865) · unaccepted
Bittium jadertinum antonium F. Nordsieck, 1976 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bittium ragusianum Locard & Caziot, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bittium reticulatum var. bifasciata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bittium reticulatum var. exigua Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerithiolum exile (Eichwald, 1829) · unaccepted
Cerithiolum scabrum (Olivi, 1792) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithium (Bittium) reticulatum (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted
Cerithium (Bittium) scabrum (Olivi, 1792) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithium afrum Danilo & Sandri, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerithium angustum Deshayes, 1835 · unaccepted (dubious synonym; preoccupied by...)
Cerithium elongatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 · unaccepted (invalid; not Anton, 1838)
Cerithium exile Eichwald, 1829 · unaccepted
Cerithium jadertinum Brusina, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerithium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted (chresonym)
Cerithium scabrum (Olivi, 1792) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithium suturale Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Murex acuminatus Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Murex reticulatus (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted (chresonym)
Murex scaber Olivi, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rissoa vulgatissima W. Clark, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Strombiformis reticulatus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (original combination)

Direct children (16)
Subspecies Bittium reticulatum densespiratum Báldi, 1966 † accepted as Bittium densespiratum Báldi, 1966 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Bittium reticulatum tschokrakense Özsayar, 1977 † accepted as Bittium tschokrakense Özsayar, 1977 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. bifasciata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. exigua Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. konkensis Sokolov, 1899 † accepted as Bittium spina (M. Hörnes, 1855) † accepted as Argyropeza spina (M. Hörnes, 1855) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. paludosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 accepted as Bittium scabrum (Olivi, 1792) (synonym)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. dertobicarinata Sacco, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. dertoconica Sacco, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. dertofenestrata Sacco, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. exferruginea Sacco, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. laevicincta Sacco, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. pliojadertina Sacco, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. pliolatreillii Sacco, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. pliorotundula Sacco, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. tauroparvula Sacco, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Bittium reticulatum var. taurosuturalis Sacco, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)