Turritriton
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Turritriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae.[1] This is often still regarded merely as a subgenus of the genus Cymatium.
Description
(Description as Tritoniscus) Forms with subturbinate body with flat-topped turriculate whorls, a short spire and siphonal canal, subumbilicate, with a single large and heavy terminal varix and narrow callus on the body.[2]
Distribution
This genus occurs in tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific Oceans, western America, and the Caribbean Sea.
Species
The genus Turritriton contains the following species:
- Turritriton fittkaui (Parth, 1991)
- Turritriton gibbosus (Broderip, 1833) - type species[3]
- † Turritriton grundensis (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1884)
- Turritriton kobelti (Von Maltzan, 1884)[4]
- Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828)[5]
- Turritriton pharcida (Dall, 1889)
- Turritriton tenuiliratus (Lischke, 1873) [6]
References
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- ↑ Dall, W. H. (1904). An historical and systematic review of the frogshells and tritons. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 47: 114-144
- ↑ WoRMS (2010). Turritriton gibbosus (Broderip, 1833). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476592 on 2010-09-16
- ↑ WoRMS (2010). Turritriton kobelti (Von Maltzan, 1884). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476593 on 2010-09-16
- ↑ WoRMS (2010). Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476594 on 2010-09-16
- ↑ WoRMS (2010). Turritriton tenuiliratus (Lischke, 1873). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476595 on 2010-09-16
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External links
- Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Template:ISBN