Tritonoranella latitudo

Tritonoranella latitudo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Tritonoranella latitudo
Shell of Tritonoranella latitudo (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Tritonoranella
Species:
T. latitudo
Binomial name
Tritonoranella latitudo
Garrard, 1961
Synonyms
  • Bursa (Bufonariella) latitudo Garrard, 1961
  • Bursa (Bufonariella) latitudo wolfei Beu, 1981
  • Bursa (Colubrellina) latitudo Garrard, 1961 ·
  • Bursa (Colubrellina) latitudo latitudo (Garrard, T.A., 1961)
  • Bursa latitudo Garrard, 1961

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 75 mm and 95 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, in the East China Sea and off South Queensland, Australia and the Philippines

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Tritonoranella latitudo (Garrard, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472450 on 2023-07-20
  • Garrard, T. A. (1961). Mollusca collected by M. V. Challenge off the east coast of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 1(5): 3-38, 2 pls.
  • Beu, A. 1981. Australian gastropods of the family Bursidae. Part 1. The families of Tonnacea, the genera of Bursidae, and revision of species previously assigned to Tutufa Jousseaume, 1881. Rec. Aust. Mus 33: 248–324.
  • Beu, A.G. 1987. Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Pt 2. Descriptions of 14 new Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 273-355
  • Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 178: 1-256
  • Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120
  • Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
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  • Sanders M.T., Merle D., Laurin M., Bonillo C. & Puillandre N. (2021 [nomenclatural availability: 2020]). Raising names from the dead: a time-calibrated phylogeny of frog shells (Bursidae, Tonnoidea, Gastropoda) using mitogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 156: 107040: 1-12
  • "Bursa (Colubrellina) latitudo latitudo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.