Amathina tricarinata

Amathina tricarinata
	Five views of a shell of Amathina tricarinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Amathinidae
Genus:	Amathina
Species:	A. tricarinata
Binomial name
	Amathina tricarinata; (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
	Amathina angustataSouverbie, 1875; Amathina tricostata(Gmelin, 1791); Hemitoma tricarinata(Linnaeus, 1767); Patella tricarinataLinnaeus, 1767 (original combination);

Last updated August 17, 2025

Amathina tricarinata is a species of small sea snail, marine heterobranch gastropod mollusc or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (as a non-indigenous species),^[2]; also off Guadeloupe, in the Red Sea and off Madagascar.

References

↑ Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327
1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2010). Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181105 on 2011-03-15

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
Ponder, W. F. 1987. The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet, Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Asian Marine Biology 4: 1-34. page(s): 30
Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453

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[1] Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327

[WoRMS_2010-2] 1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2010). Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181105 on 2011-03-15

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Amathina tricarinata

Five views of a shell of Amathina tricarinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Amathinidae
Genus:	Amathina
Species:	A. tricarinata
Binomial name
*Amathina tricarinata* (Linnaeus, 1767) ^[1]
Synonyms ^[2]
Amathina angustataSouverbie, 1875 Amathina tricostata(Gmelin, 1791) Hemitoma tricarinata(Linnaeus, 1767) Patella tricarinataLinnaeus, 1767 (original combination)