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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CERITHIIDAE: BITTIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiidae (Family)
> Bittiinae (Subfamily)
> Zebittium (Genus)
> exile (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bittium Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Bittium exile (Hutton, 1873)
=Cerithium exile Hutton, 1873
Images: Zebittium exile (Hutton, 1873)
Urupukapuka Island, Bay of Islands, NZ. 5.5mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CERITHIIDAE: BITTIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Cerithiidae (Family)
> Bittiinae (Subfamily)
> Zebittium (Genus)
> exile (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bittium Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Bittium exile (Hutton, 1873)
=Cerithium exile Hutton, 1873
Details: Zebittium exile (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.5mm, Width 2.0mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.132)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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