Plesiotriton
| Plesiotriton | |
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| Plesiotriton silinoensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | P. Fischer, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| † Cancellaria volutella Lamarck, 1803
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| Synonyms | |
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Triton (Plesiotriton) P. Fischer, 1884 (original rank) | |
Plesiotriton is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Plesiotritoninae of the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Plesiotriton include:
- † Plesiotriton angustus (Watelet, 1851)
- † Plesiotriton aucoini Lesport, Cluzaud & Verhecken, 2015
- † Plesiotriton cailloelensis Pacaud, Ledon & Loubry, 2015
- † Plesiotriton calciatus Pacaud, Ledon & Loubry, 2015
- † Plesiotriton camiadeorum Lesport, Cluzaud & Verhecken, 2015
- † Plesiotriton cedri (J. Gardner, 1935)
- † Plesiotriton clandestinus Pacaud, Ledon & Loubry, 2015
- † Plesiotriton cretaceus Sohl, 1960
- † Plesiotriton evanesco Pacaud, Ledon & Loubry, 2015
- † Plesiotriton ganensis Lesport, Cluzaud & Verhecken, 2015
- † Plesiotriton hillegondae (Martin, 1914)
- † Plesiotriton imbricatus (Dareste de la Chavanne, 1910)
- † Plesiotriton jacquesponsi Pacaud, Ledon & Loubry, 2015
- † Plesiotriton latus (Dareste de la Chavanne, 1910)
- Plesiotriton mirabilis Beu & Maxwell, 1987[2]
- Plesiotriton silinoensis Verhecken, 2011
- † Plesiotriton steni Schnetler & Petit, 2006
- † Plesiotriton teuleraensis Lesport, Cluzaud & Verhecken, 2015
- Plesiotriton vivus Habe & Okutani, 1981[3]
- † Plesiotriton vokesae (Allen, 1970)
- † Plesiotriton volutellus (Lamarck, 1803)
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Plesiotriton deshayesianus Beu & Maxwell, 1987: synonym of † Colubratriton deshayesianus (Beu & Maxwell, 1987) (original combination)
- † Plesiotriton (Turehua) Marwick, 1943: synonym of † Turehua Marwick, 1943
References
- ^ Plesiotriton P. Fischer, 1884. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Plesiotriton mirabilis Beu & Maxwell, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Plesiotriton vivus Habe & Okutani, 1981. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- Beu A.G. & Maxwell P.A. (1987) A revision of the fossil and living gastropods related to Plesiotriton Fischer, 1884 (Family Cancellariidae, Subfamily Plesiotritoninae n. subfam.). With an appendix: Genera of Buccinidae Pisaniinae related to Colubraria Schumacher, 1817. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 54:1-140
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