Tricornis
| Tricornis | |
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| Two shells of Tricornis tricornis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Tricornis Jousseaume, 1886 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786
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Tricornis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Tricornis include:
- Tricornis oldi (Emerson, 1965)[2]
- Tricornis tricornis (Lightfoot, 1786)[3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Tricornis raninus (Gmelin, 1791)[4] is a synonym of Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tricornis Jousseaume, 1886. WoRMS (2010). Tricornis Jousseaume, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416096 on 20 February 2011 .
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Tricornis oldi (Emerson, 1965). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531849 on 2011-03-08
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Tricornis tricornis (Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531848 on 2011-03-08
- ^ Tricornis raninus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.