Ittibittium oryza

Ittibittium oryza
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Ittibittium
Species: I. oryza
Binomial name
Ittibittium oryza
(Mörch, 1876)
Synonyms[1]

Bittium oryza (Mörch, 1876)
Bittium varium var. turricula Usticke, 1969
Cerithium (Bittium) oryza Mörch, 1876

Ittibittium oryza is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 52 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Ittibittium oryza (Mörch, 1876).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 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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