Tricolia

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Tricolia
Tricolia gabiniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Tricolia
Risso, 1826
Type species
Turbo pullus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Epheriella Pallary, 1820
  • Eudora Leach, 1852
  • Pellax Finlay, 1926
  • Tricoliella Monterosato, 1884

Tricolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Phasianellidae.[1]

This genus formerly belonged to the family Tricoliidae.

Description

This genus consists of small species with a head without frontal lobes. The shell is ovate, elongated, and imperforate. The radula has a broad, simple median tooth, overlying the bases of the inner laterals. These are subrhomboidal, produced at their outer angles into wings which overlie the bases of the adjacent tooth outward, and have denticulate cusps. The outer lateral is narrow, not produced on the outer angle. The marginal teeth have long simple cusps, The columella is smooth, arcuate, and not dentate. [2]

Distribution

The species occurs in all tropical and subtropical seas.

Species

Species within the genus Tricolia include:

Shell of Tricolia gabiniana

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use : [20]

  • Tricolia kraussi E.A. Smith, 1911
Species brought into synonymy 
  • Tricolia adamsi (Philippi, 1853): synonym of Eulithidium adamsi (Philippi, 1853)
  • Tricolia affinis (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of Eulithidium affine (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Tricolia affinis beaui Robertson, 1958: synonym of Eulithidium beaui (Robertson, 1958)
  • Tricolia beaui Robertson, 1958: synonym of Eulithidium beaui (Robertson, 1958)
  • Tricolia bella (M. Smith, 1937): synonym of Eulithidium bellum (M. Smith, 1937)
  • Tricolia bellum M. Smith, 1937: synonym of Eulithidium bellum (M. Smith, 1937)
  • Tricolia breve d'Orbigny, 1842: synonym of Eulithidium breve (d'Orbigny, 1842) [nomen dubium]
  • Tricolia brongniartii Audouin, 1826: synonym of Phasianella solida (Born, 1778)
  • Tricolia bryani Pilsbry, H.A., 1917: synonym of Tricolia variabilis (Pease, 1861)
  • Tricolia compta (Gould, 1855): synonym of Eulithidium comptum (Gould, 1855)
  • Tricolia cruenta Robertson, 1958: synonym of Eulithidium affine (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Tricolia draparnaudi Audouin, 1826: synonym of Echinolittorina punctata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Tricolia guerini Audouin, 1826: synonym of Phasianella solida (Born, 1778)
  • Tricolia megastoma Pilsbry, H.A., 1895: synonym of Tricolia variabilis (Pease, 1861)
  • Tricolia molokaiensis Pilsbry, H.A., 1917: synonym of Tricolia variabilis (Pease, 1861)
  • Tricolia nicaeensis Risso 1826: synonym of Tricolia speciosa (Mühlfeld, 1824)
  • Tricolia oligomphala (Pilsbry, 1895): synonym of Tricolia variabilis (Pease, 1861)
  • Tricolia picta (da Costa, 1778): synonym of Tricolia pullus picta (da Costa, 1778)
  • Tricolia pterocladia sic: synonym of Eulithidium pterocladicum (Robertson, 1958)
  • Tricolia pterocladica Robertson, 1958: synonym of Eulithidium pterocladicum (Robertson, 1958)
  • Tricolia rentneri Nordsieck 1973: synonym of Tricolia speciosa (Mühlfeld, 1824)
  • Tricolia rissoi Audouin, 1826: synonym of Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Tricolia rubra Risso 1826: synonym of Tricolia speciosa (Mühlfeld, 1824)
  • Tricolia speciosa var. seriopunctata Monterosato 1884: synonym of Tricolia speciosa (Mühlfeld, 1824)
  • Tricolia speciosa var. virescens Monterosato 1884: synonym of Tricolia speciosa (Mühlfeld, 1824)
  • Tricolia tessellata (Potiez & Michaud, 1838): synonym of Eulithidium tessellatum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
  • Tricolia tessellata auct. non Potiez & Michaud, 1838: synonym of Eulithidium pterocladicum (Robertson, 1958)
  • Tricolia tesselata auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850: synonym of Eulithidium thalassicola (Robertson, 1958)
  • Tricolia thalassicola Robertson, 1958: synonym of Eulithidium thalassicola (Robertson, 1958)
  • Tricolia thaanumi Pilsbry, H.A., 1917: synonym of Tricolia variabilis (Pease, 1861)
  • Tricolia tricolor (Monterosato in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884): synonym of Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Tricolia tropidophora Tomlin, 1931: synonym of Tricolia bicarinata (Dunker, 1846)
  • Tricolia virgo Angas, G.F., 1867: synonym of Tricolia variabilis (Pease, 1861)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tricolia Risso, 1826.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 March 2013.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  3. ↑ Tricolia adusta Nangammbi & Herbert, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Tricolia algoidea (Pallary, 1920).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Tricolia capensis (Dunker, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Tricolia deschampsi Gofas, 1993.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Tricolia entomocheila Gofas, 1993.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Tricolia landinii Bogi & Campani, 2007.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Tricolia miniata (Monterosato, 1884).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  10. ↑ Tricolia neritina (Dunker, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  11. ↑ Tricolia nordsiecki (Talavera, 1978).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  12. ↑ Tricolia petiti (Craven, 1882).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  13. ↑ Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  14. ↑ Tricolia punctura Gofas, 1993.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  15. ↑ Tricolia retrolineata Nangammbi & Herbert, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  16. ↑ Tricolia saxatilis Nangammbi & Herbert, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  17. ↑ Tricolia speciosa (Mühlfeld, 1824).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  18. ↑ Tricolia tenuis (Michaud, 1829).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  19. ↑ Tricolia tingitana Gofas, 1982.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  20. ↑ OBIS : Tricolia
  • Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp.,, p. 50
  • Smith E.A. (1911). On a new species of Phasianella from South Africa. Proc. Malac. Soc, vol. 9, pt. 5, pp. 313-314
  • Gofas S. (1982). The genus Tricolia in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Journal of Molluscan Studies 48: 182-213
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  • Williams, S.T., Karube, S. & Ozawa, T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37, 483–506

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