Triptychus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Triptychus
Drawing of a shell of Triptychus niveus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Triptychus
Mörch, 1875[1]
Type species
Triptychus nivea Mörch, 1875
Synonyms[2]

Pyramidella (Triptychus) Mörch, 1875

Description

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The subulate shell is spirally paucilirate. The aperture is lirate within, subsinuated in front. The columella is triplicate.[3]

Species

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Species within the genus Triptychus include:[2]

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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  1. ^ Morch, Mal. Blatt., xxii, p. 158, 1875
  2. ^ a b c 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
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 295
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