Tricornis

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Tricornis
Strombus tricornis 13a.jpg
Two shells of Tricornis tricornis
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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

Tricornis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Tricornis include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 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 .
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Tricornis raninus (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 June 2010.