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_ref =

|synonyms = Pyramidella (Triptychus) Mörch, 1875

|type_species = Triptychus nivea Mörch, 1875

|display_parents = 3

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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:

;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)

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