Triptychus
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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|taxon = Triptychus
|image = Triptychus niveus 002.png
|image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Triptychus niveus
|authority = Mörch, 1875Morch, Mal. Blatt., xxii, p. 158, 1875
|synonyms = Pyramidella (Triptychus) Mörch, 1875
|type_species = Triptychus nivea Mörch, 1875
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Triptychus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2010). Triptychus Mörch, 1875. 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=416104 on 2011-10-26
Description
The subulate shell is spirally paucilirate. The aperture is lirate within, subsinuated in front. The columella is triplicate.[https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 295]
Species
Species within the genus Triptychus include:
- Triptychus incantatus (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939)
- Triptychus litosbathron Pimenta, Santos & Absalao, 2008
- Triptychus niveus (Mørch, 1875)
- Triptychus pacificus Corgan, 1973
;Synonyms:
- Triptychus olssoni (Bartsch, 1926): synonym of Triptychus incantatus (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939)
- † Triptychus pliocena Bartsch, 1955: synonym of Peristichia pliocena (Bartsch, 1955) (original combination)
References
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External links
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- [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=76034 ITIS]
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416104 World Register of Marine Species]
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919003 Mörch, O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. Malakozoologische Blätter. 22: 142-184]
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