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Classification Ranked as subspecies of Brotia (Tinnyea) melanioides by Le Renard & Pacaud (1995), but Tinnyea is considered a separate genus (Kowalke 2002). [details]
Nomenclature Cerithium vittatum Lamarck, 1804 was ranked as subspecies of Brotia (Tinnyea) melanioides (Sowerby, 1816) by Le Renard & Pacaud (1995), but vittata takes precedence over melanioides. [details]