Triptychus

Triptychus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Description

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

Species

Species within the genus Triptychus include:

• Triptychus incantatus <small>(Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939)</small>
• Triptychus litosbathron <small>Pimenta, Santos & Absalao, 2008</small>
• Triptychus niveus <small>(Mørch, 1875)</small>
• Triptychus pacificus <small>Corgan, 1973</small>

• Triptychus olssoni <small>(Bartsch, 1926)</small>: synonym of Triptychus incantatus <small>(Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939)</small>
• † Triptychus pliocena <small>Bartsch, 1955</small>: synonym of Peristichia pliocena <small>(Bartsch, 1955)</small> (original combination)

References

External links

• ITIS
• World Register of Marine Species
• Mörch, O. A. L. (1875). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. Malakozoologische Blätter. 22: 142-184