Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Ranellidae

Cymatium trigonum (Gmelin, 1791)

Range: 12°N to 10.5°N; 67°W to 0°W
Depth: 15 to 15 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm

Synonymy

Murex trigonus Gmelin, 1791
Triton ficoides Reeve, 1844
Tritonium ficoides (Reeve, 1844)
Triton samier Petit, 1852

Details

Murex trigonus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3549, [Adanson 1757, pl. 8, fig. 14]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Senegal
Range: 12°N to 10.5°N; 67°W to 0°W
Depth: 15 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Vargas, Islas de Aves; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena
References: Gibson-Smith et al. (1970) dSW; Bernard (1984) E; García-Talavera (1987) D

Triton ficoides Reeve, 1844b, pl. 13, fig. 51
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Africa
References: Henning & Hemmen (1993) s
Combining Genera: Tritonium

Triton samier Petit, 1852a, p. 46
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Adanson (1757)
Type Locality: Sénégal

Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Petit de la Saussaye, S. 1852. Notice sur la coquillage désignée sous la nom de Samier, par Adanson, dans son histoire des coquilles du Sénégal Journal de Conchyliologie 3 44-47. [Stated date: 01 Mar 1852.]
Reeve, L. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton Conchologia Iconica 2 pls. 1-20

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