Range: 34.39°N to 17°S; 97.28°W to 0°W Depth: 0.3 to 110 m (live 0.3 to 45 m) Maximum Reported Size: 374 mm
Synonymy
Tritonium tritonis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758 Murex tritonis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758 Buccinum neptuni Lightfoot, 1786 Triton variegatus Lamarck, 1816 Tritonia atlantica Bowdich, 1822 Tritonium sulcatum Risso, 1826 Triton nobilis Conrad, 1848 Septa nobilis (Conrad, 1848) Tritonium seguenzae Aradas & Benoit, 1871 Triton commutatus Kobelt, 1876 Tritonium major Pallary, 1938 Tritonium minor Pallary, 1938
Details
Triton variegatumLamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 178-179], pl. 421, figs. 2a-b [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Les mers de l'Asie Range: 34.39°N to 17°S; 97.28°W to 0°W Depth: 0.3 to 110 m (live 0.3 to 45 m) Maximum Reported Size: 374 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; USA: Flower Garden Banks; Mexico: Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon, Miranda, Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita, Los Testigos; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, Berry Islands, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, Cat Island, Exuma (Great or Little), Long Island, Mayaguana, Inagua (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Holguin, Guantanamo; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico: Mona Island; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, Virgin Gorda; St. Kitts/St. Christopher; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad, Tobago; Surinam, Brazil: Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia; Ascension Island; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena References: Moore (1958b) W; Percharde (1972) L; J. Gibson-Smith (1976); Porter & Safrit (1981) N; Beu (1998) c; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Vegas Torres (2004) Comments: Often treated as a subspecies of the Indo-Pacific Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758), but Beu (1998) considers C. variegata a full species.
Tritonia atlantica Bowdich, 1822, [Synonym] Attributed to: Montfort References: Clench & Turner (1957) s
Triton commutatus Kobelt, 1876, [Synonym] Attributed to: Dunker Distribution: Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe References: Clench & Turner (1957) s
Tritonium seguenzai var. majorPallary, 1938, p. 29, Not figured [Not available] Type Locality: Syrie [Lebanon or Syria] Maximum Reported Size: 310 mm References: Pallary (1938) M; Robinson (1991) s Comments: Infrasubspecific.
Tritonium seguenzai var. minorPallary, 1938, p. 29, Not figured [Not available] Type Locality: Beyrouth; Fadaousse References: Robinson (1991) s Comments: Infrasubspecific.
Buccinum neptuniLightfoot, 1786, p. 29, 35, 97, 174, not figured [Not available] Attributed to: Solander MS Type Locality: West Indies Comments: Nude name.
Triton nobilis Conrad, 1848, [Synonym] Range: 32.3°N to 12°S; 82.5°W to 36°W Depth: 40 m Maximum Reported Size: 280 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Colombia, Venezuela: Los Testigos; Bermuda, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Holguin; Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas References: Mörch (1877b) N; Dautzenberg (1900) Dd; Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) W; Lange de Morretes (1949) SE; Clench & Turner (1957) s Combining Genera: Septa
Triton sulcatumRisso, 1826, p. 204, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Europe méridionale Maximum Reported Size: 200 mm References: Risso (1826) M; Sabelli et al. (1990) s
Murex tritonis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, [Not available] Range: 13.3°N to 10.5°N; 68°W to 61.3°W Distribution: Venezuela: Carabobo; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW Comments: Misidentification. Combining Genera: Tritonium
Partial List of References
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris. Pallary, P. 1938. Les mollusques marins de la Syrie Journal de Conchyliologie 82 5-58. Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale 4 [iii] + vii + 439 pp., 12 pls. F.-G. Levrault: Paris. [Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum viii + 3-194, frontispiece.