Species under Bittium
n= 24
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Bittium aedonium
(Watson, 1880)
Atlantic Ocean 0.43
Bittium alabastrulum
(Mörch, 1876)
Western Atlantic 0.6
Bittium anembatum
(Melvill, 1904)
Western Indian Ocean
Bittium attenuatum
Carpenter, 1864
Slender bittium Northeast Pacific 1.5
Bittium caraboboense
Weisbord, 1962
Western Atlantic 0.175
Bittium circa
Moreno, 2006
Mediterranean Sea
Bittium delicatum
(Watson, 1880)
Atlantic Ocean 0.34
Bittium eschrichtii
(Middendorf, 1849)
Threaded bittium Northeast Pacific 2
Bittium galactis
Mörch, 1876
Western Atlantic 0.81
Bittium glareosum
Gould, 1861
Pacific Ocean
Bittium impendens
(Hedley, 1899)
Central Pacific
Bittium incile
Watson, 1897
Mediterranean Sea
Bittium lacteum
(Philippi, 1836)
Mediterranean Sea
Bittium latreillii
(Payraudeau, 1826)
Mediterranean Sea
Bittium lima
(Bruguière, 1792)
Western Atlantic 1.1
Bittium lusciniae
(Watson, 1880)
Atlantic Ocean 0.37
Bittium munitum
(Carpenter, 1864)
Canada
Bittium philomelae
(Watson, 1880)
Atlantic Ocean 0.32
Bittium pigrum
(Watson, 1880)
Atlantic Ocean 0.91
Bittium reticulatum
Da Costa, 1778
Small needle whelk Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean 1
Bittium sanjuanense
Bartsch, 1917
Canada
Bittium sergentum
(Jousseaume, 1930)
Western Central Pacific
Bittium simplex
(Jeffreys, 1867)
Mediterranean Sea
Bittium variegatum
(Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
Western Pacific
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