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Triphora (gastropod)

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Triphora
Shells of Triphora sp.
Scientific classification
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clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
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Triphora

Blainville, 1828
Synonyms
  • Triforis Deshayes, 1834
  • Triphoris Deshayes, 1832

Triphora is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triphoridae. The genus was named by Blainville in 1828, and the type species is Triphora gemmata Blainville, 1828. Like most of the other genera in this family, the shells of species in this genus are extremely high-spired with sculptural decoration, and are sinistral (left-handed) in coiling.[1]

Species

There are well over 170 species in this genus.

References

  1. ^ Triphora Blainveille, 1828, Daphne Cuvelier, and Philippe Bouchet, updated 26/02/2013, World Register of Marine Species, [1] accessed 1/8/2013
  • Blainville, H. de 1828. Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes ... d'après l'état actuel de nos connais sciences, soit relativement a l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la mediciné. Vol. 1.
  • Deshayes, G.P. 1832. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris: Panckoucke Vol. 3 pp. 595–1152.
  • Marshall B.A. (1983) A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 2: 1-119
  • Chang, C-K & Wu, W-L 2005. The Taiwan Mollusks II - Triphoridae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda) from Lutao, Taitung. Taiwan: Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica pp. 1–116.