Tritonia (gastropod)

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Tritonia
Tritonia festiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida

Superfamily: Tritonioidea
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Tritonia
Cuvier, 1798[1]

Tritonia is a genus of nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae.

Tritonia is the type genus of the family Tritoniidae.[2]

[edit] Species

Species within the genus Tritonia include:

Synonyms:

  • Tritonia blainvillea (Risso, 1818), Tritonia meyeri (Vérany, 1852), Tritonia decaphylla (Cantraine, 1835), Tritonia acuminata (Costa, 1840) and Tritonia costae (Vérany, 1846) are synonyms for Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818).[5]
  • Tritonia cincta Pruvot-Fol, 1937 is a synonym for Tritoniopsis cincta (Pruvot-Fol, 1937)
  • Tritonia cucullata Couthouy in Gould, 1852 is a synonym for Marionia cucullata (Couthouy, 1852)
  • Tritonia cyanobranchiata Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831 is a synonym for Marionia cyanobranchiata (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1831)
  • Tritonia elegans (Audouin in Savigny, 1826) is a synonym of Tritoniopsis elegans (Audouin in Savigny, 1826)
  • Tritonia gibbosa (Risso, 1818) is a synonym for Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818).
  • Tritonia gigantea Bergh, 1904 is a synonym for Tochuina tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788)
  • Tritonia glama Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831 and Tritonia glauca (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831 for 1828) are synonyms for Tritoniopsis elegans (Audouin in Savigny, 1826)
  • Tritonia hawaiensis (Pease, 1860) is a synonym for Marionia hawaiiensis (Pease, 1860)
  • Tritonia reynoldsii (Couthouy, 1838), Tritonia lactea (Thompson, 1840), Tritonia ascanii (Sars, 1837), Tritonia felina (Alder & Hancock, 1842), Tritonia pulchella (Alder & Hancock, 1842), Tritonia cervina (Gmelin, 1791) are synonyms for Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774).[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cuvier G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux, page 387.
  2. ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
  3. ^ a b c GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
  4. ^ Tritonia wellsi Er. Marcus, 1961 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
  5. ^ http://www.seaslug.com/SYSTEMATIC_LIST_OF_OPISTHOBRANCHIA.doc accessed 19 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. accessed 17 February 2010.

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