Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative spelling: Cerithidium
Parent taxon: Bittium according to A. V. Guzhov 2004
See also Lozouet 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bittium (Bittium), Bittium (Brachybittium), Bittium (Cacozeliana), Bittium (Elachista), Bittium (Semibittium), Bittium (Stylidium), Bittium (Zebittium), Bittium arnoldi, Bittium bramkampi, Bittium cliffensis, Bittium decussatum, Bittium deshayesi, Bittium fetellum, Bittium howardi, Bittium kamalae, Bittium koeneni, Bittium latreilli, Bittium longissimum, Bittium mexicanum, Bittium nugatorium, Bittium oamaruticum, Bittium oedumi, Bittium oldroydae, Bittium pabloensis, Bittium parvulum, Bittium preussi, Bittium purnimae, Bittium quilonense, Bittium reticulatum, Bittium reticulatum, Bittium scotti, Bittium serenum, Bittium spina, Bittium topangensis, Bittium yaguense
Subtaxa: Cerithidium plebeium Cerithidium submamillatum
Type: Cerithium submamillatum
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of France (2)
• Oligocene of France (3)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence