Turritriton
Encyclopedia
Turritriton is a genus
of medium-sized sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Ranellidae
, the family commonly known as the tritons
.
This is often still regarded merely as a subgenus
of the genus Cymatium
.
oceans, western America
, and the Caribbean
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of medium-sized sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Ranellidae
Ranellidae
Ranellidae, common name the triton shells or tritons, is a taxonomic family of small to very large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Subfamilies:...
, the family commonly known as the tritons
Triton (mollusk)
Triton is the common name given to a number of very large sea snails, predatory marine gastropods in the genus Charonia. The name "triton" is also often applied as part of the common name, to other, much smaller sea snails of other genera within the same family, Ranellidae.Tritons are named after...
.
This is often still regarded merely as a subgenus
Subgenus
In biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.In zoology, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the generic name and the specific epithet: e.g. the Tiger Cowry of the Indo-Pacific, Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, which...
of the genus Cymatium
Cymatium
Cymatium, a molding on the cornice of some classical buildings. Sometimes decorated with an anthemion. It is characteristic of Ionic columns and can appear as part of the entablature, the epistylium, and the capital....
.
Distribution
Tropical and subtropical Indo-PacificIndo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...
oceans, western America
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
, and the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
.
Species
Species in the genus Turritriton include:- Turritriton gibbosusTurritriton gibbosusTurritriton gibbosus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons....
(Broderip, 1833) - type species - Turritriton klenei
- Turritriton kobeltiTurritriton kobeltiTurritriton kobelti is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.This species is a possible synonym or subspecies of Turritriton gibbosus...
(Von Maltzan, 1884) - Turritriton labiosusTurritriton labiosusTurritriton labiosus, also known as Cymatium labiosum, is a predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.- External links :...
(Wood, 1828) - Turritriton lineatum
- Turritriton loebbeckii
- Turritriton suroabditus
- Turritriton tabulatus
- Turritriton tabulatus exaratusTurritriton tabulatus exaratusTurritriton tabulatus exaratus, also known as Cymatium tabulatus exaratus is a subspecies of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.thumb|left|Turritriton tabulatus exaratus apertural view...
(Reeve, 1844)
- Turritriton tabulatus exaratus
- Turritriton tenuiliratusTurritriton tenuiliratusTurritriton tenuiliratus, common name: the thin-lined triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.-Description:...
(Lischke, 1873) - synonym: Turritriton fittkaui (Parth, 1991)
External links
- Powell A W BArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1 - ZipCodeZoo