Trigonaphera

Genus of gastropods

Trigonaphera
Shell of Trigonaphera bocageana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Trigonaphera
Iredale, 1936
Synonyms[1]

Trigonophera Habe & Okutani 1985

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

Species

Species within the genus Trigonaphera include:

  • Trigonaphera amakusana Petit, 1974[2]
  • Trigonaphera bocageana (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863)[3]
  • Trigonaphera dekkeri Verhecken, 2018
  • Trigonaphera sinonippon Verhecken, 2018
  • Trigonaphera stenomphala Habe, 1961[4]
  • Trigonaphera vinnulum (Iredale, 1925)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Trigonaphera interlaevis Laseron, 1955: synonym of Trigonostoma bicolor (Hinds, 1843)
  • Trigonaphera teramachii Habe, 1961: synonym of Nipponaphera teramachii (Habe, 1961)
  • Trigonaphera tosaensis Habe, 1961: synonym of Mirandaphera tosaensis (Habe, 1961)
  • Trigonaphera withrowi Petit, 1976: synonym of Trigonostoma scala (Gmelin, 1791)

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b Trigonaphera Iredale, 1936. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  2. ^ Trigonaphera amakusana Petit, 1974. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  3. ^ Trigonaphera bocageana (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  4. ^ Trigonaphera stenomphala Habe, 1961. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
Sources
  • Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2005) Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)- 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 3-161. NIZT 682
  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
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  • Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24
Taxon identifiers
Trigonaphera


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