Turritriton
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Turritriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ranellidae, the family commonly known as the tritons.[2]
This is often still regarded merely as a subgenus of the genus Cymatium.
Distribution
This genus occurs in tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific Oceans, western America, and the Caribbean Sea.
Species
Species in the genus Turritriton include:
- Turritriton gibbosus (Broderip, 1833) - type species[3]
- Turritriton klenei[citation needed]
- Turritriton kobelti (Von Maltzan, 1884)[4]
- Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828)[5]
- Turritriton lineatum[citation needed]
- Turritriton loebbeckii[citation needed]
- Turritriton suroabditus[citation needed]
- Turritriton tabulatus[citation needed]
- Turritriton tabulatus exaratus (Reeve, 1844)
- Turritriton tenuiliratus (Lischke, 1873) [6]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Turritriton fittkaui (Parth, 1991): synonym of Turritriton tenuiliratus (Lischke, 1873)
References
- ^ Dall W. H. (1904). Smithson. misc. Coll. 47: 133.
- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Turritriton Dall, 1904. 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=463537 on 2010-09-16
- ^ 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
External links
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1