Needle Shell

Description: English: Cerithium reticulatum Costa, accepted as Bittium reticulatum[1]. From Illustrated Index of British Shells, Plate XV., Fig. 8. Date: 1859. Source: : This file has been extracted from another file: Illustrated Index of British Shells Plate 15.jpg: . Author: George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812–1884) . Description: naturalist and illustrator. Date of birth/death: 25 March 1812: 26 July 1884. Location of birth/death: Lambeth: Wood Green. Authority control: : Q1223045 VIAF: 73969050 ISNI: 0000 0000 8153 9905 LCCN: n88669749 NLA: 35246704 GND: 117648485 WorldCat. Licensing[edit] This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

Summary Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Subregnum: Eumetazoa • Cladus: Bilateria • Superphylum: Protostomia • Phylum: Mollusca • Classis: Gastropoda • Cladus: Caenogastropoda • Cladus: Sorbeoconcha • Familia: Cerithiidae • Genus: Bittium • Species: Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778) Description: Bittium reticulatum forma scabroides Nordsieck, 1976 English: Needle Whelk; Length 0.65 cm; Originating from Punta Corrente south of Rovinj, Croatia 45°3′54.67″N 13°38′18.36″E / 45.0651861°N 13.6384333°E / 45.0651861; 13.6384333; Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded. Dorsal, lateral (right side), ventral, back, and front view. Deutsch: Länge 0,65 cm; Herkunft: Punta Corrente, südl. Rovinj, Kroatien 45°3′54.67″N 13°38′18.36″E / 45.0651861°N 13.6384333°E / 45.0651861; 13.6384333. Date: 3 June 2015. Source: Own work. Author: H. Zell. To the gallery of shells[edit].

Description: English: Photograph of the seashell Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)[1] / Origin of image: Own collection. Turkey. Canakkale. Dardanelles Channel. Date: 11 February 2019. Source: Original illustration taken in BioLib.cz. Author: Jan Delsing.