{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Bittium proteum | authority = (Jousseaume, 1930) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Cerithium proteum'' Jousseaume, 1930 * ''Dahlakia jugosa'' <small>Biggs, 1971</small> * ''Dahlakia leilae'' <small>Biggs, 1971</small> * ''Dahlakia pirenelloides'' <small>Biggs, 1971</small> * ''Dahlakia proteum'' <small>(Jousseaume, 1930)</small> * ''Dahlakia striata'' <small>Biggs, 1971</small> * ''Litiopa bucciniformis'' <small>Hornung & Mermod, 1926</small> }}

'''''Bittium proteum''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139053|''Bittium proteum'' (Jousseaume, 1930)||8 February 2011}}</ref>

==Description== The shell size varies between 5&nbsp;mm and 7&nbsp;mm {{Expand section|date=February 2011}}

==Distribution== This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Mediterranean Sea

==References== {{Reflist}} * Houbrick R. (1978). ''Redescription of Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1930) with comments on its generic placements''. The Nautilus 92 (1): 9–11 * Vine, P. (1986). ''Red Sea Invertebrates''. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). ''Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et'' al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp.&nbsp;180–213

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bittium Proteum}} Category:Cerithiidae Category:Gastropods described in 1930 Category:Taxa named by Félix Pierre Jousseaume

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