Trigonostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Trigonostoma
Apertural view of shell of Trigonostoma milleri Burch, 1949
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Trigonostoma
Blainville, 1825
Type species
Delphinula trigonostoma
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Arizelostoma Iredale, 1936
  • Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) Blainville, 1827
  • Extractrix Korobkov, 1955
  • Trigona Perry, 1811 (Invalid: junior homonym of Trigona Jurine, 1807 [Hymenoptera])

Trigonostoma is also the name given to a trematode genus in the family Aspidogastridae, that is actually a synonym of the genus Multicalyx Faust & Tang, 1936

Species edit

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus Trigonostoma :[1]

Subgenus Trigonostoma Blainville, 1825
Species brought into synonymy
  • Trigonostoma bicolor (Hinds, 1843) : synonym of Scalptia bicolor (Hinds, 1843)
  • Trigonostoma campbelli Shasky, 1961 accepted as Axelella campbelli (Shasky, 1961)
  • Trigonostoma christiei Finlay, 1924 accepted as † Scalptia christiei (Finlay, 1924)
  • Trigonostoma costiferum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Scalptia costifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Trigonostoma damasoi T. Cossignani, 2015 accepted as Trigonostoma gofasi Verhecken, 2007
  • Trigonostoma foveolata [sic]: synonym of Scalptia foveolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)
  • Trigonostoma rugosum (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Bivetopsia rugosa (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Trigonostoma scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Trigonostoma semidisjuncta [sic]: synonym of Trigonostoma semidisjunctum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)
  • Trigonostoma thisbe Olsson, 1964 accepted as † Ventrilia thisbe (Olsson, 1964)
  • Trigonostoma triumpha Olsson, 1964 accepted as † Ventrilia triumpha (Olsson, 1964)
  • Trigonostoma tuberculosa [sic]: synonym of Trigonostoma tuberculosum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Trigonostoma vinnulum Iredale, 1925: synonym of Trigonaphera vinnulum (Iredale, 1925) (original combination)
  • Trigonostoma waikaiaensis Finlay, 1924 accepted as † Scalptia waikaiaensis (Finlay, 1924)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Trigonostoma Blainville, 1825. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 July 2012.
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae.Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
  • Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2008). New species and new records of southwest Pacific Cancellariidae. The Nautilus 122(1): 1-18.

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