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Triphora decorata

(Mottled Triphora)

Overview

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Taken on coral sand at 4-5 meters, by dive. Collected by B.Pace, March 1991.

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Mottled Triphora

Common Names in unspecified:

Mottled Triphora

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Caenogastropoda () - Cox, 1960
        Order: Sorbeoconcha () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Suborder: Hypsogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Infraorder: Ptenoglossa () - J.E. Gray, 1853
        Superfamily: Triphoroidea () - J.E. Gray, 1847
        Family: Triphoridae () - J.E. Gray, 1847
        Subfamily: Triphorinae ()
        Genus: Triphora () - H.M.D. de Blainville, 1828
        Specific name: decorata - (C. B. Adams, 1850)
        Scientific name: - Triphora decorata (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Triphora

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. decorata (Mottled Triphora) · T. diminuta (Guyanan Croaker) · T. latifolia (Broadleaf Noddingcaps) · T. melanura (White Atlantic Triphora) · T. nigrocincta (Black-Line Triphora) · T. pedroana (San Pedro Triphora) · T. pulchella (Beautiful Triphora) · T. turristhomae (St. Thomas Triphora)

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Further Reading

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American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] url , p. 159.
East coast marine shells: descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida, with more than one thousand drawings and photographs / by Maxwell Smith. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1951, [c1937] url p. 104.
East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida. Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Brothers, Inc.[c1937] url p. 104.
Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url p. 32.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 01, 2008:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Benthic biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI
Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2684390
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-72195
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13732200
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 72195
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 507284

Last Revised: 7/20/2012