North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Cerithium reticulatum var. simplex Jeffreys, 1867

AphiaID

752745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:752745)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid, not Zekeli, 1852)

Accepted name

Bittium simplex (Jeffreys, 1867) accepted as Bittium lactescens (Jeffreys, 1867)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Cerithium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)

Original name

Cerithium reticulatum var. simplex Jeffreys, 1867

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 259 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithium reticulatum var. simplex Jeffreys, 1867. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=752745 on 2026-06-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cerithium reticulatum var. simplex Jeffreys, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=752745 on 2026-06-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2014-02-13 08:52:48Z

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Gofas, Serge

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Gofas, Serge

2024-03-08 23:45:49Z

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Köhler, Frank

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original description Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 259 [details]

additional source Verduin A. (1982). On the taxonomy and variability of recent european species of the genus Bittium Leach (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Basteria 46: 93-120, available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=596759
page(s): 102; note: First Reviser's choice giving Cerithium reticulatum var. simplex precedence over C. reticulatum var. lactescens. [details] Available for editors

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