Ceritoturris bittium

Ceritoturris bittium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae^[1]

Ceritoturris bittium
Shell of Ceritoturris bittium (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Ceritoturris
Species:	C. bittium
Binomial name
Ceritoturris bittium (Dall, 1924)
Synonyms[1]
Crassispira bittium Dall, 1924 (original combination)

It was formerly included within the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

(Original description) The minute shell has a blunt protoconch. The second whorl shows a peripheral keel. The seven subsequent whorls are moderately rounded, axially and spirally sculptured whorls. The siphonal canal is almost obsolete.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.