Triptychus

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Triptychus

Mörch, 1875 [1]
Type species
Triptychus nivea Mörch, 1875

Description

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

Species

Species within the genus Triptychus include:[2]

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References
  1. Morch, Mal. Blatt., xxii, p. 158, 1875
  2. 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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