Trubatsa saltantis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Trubatsa saltantis
Shell of Trubatsa saltantis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Trubatsa
Species:
T. saltantis
Binomial name
Trubatsa saltantis
Houart, 1991
Synonyms[1]
  • Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) saltantis Houart, 1991 (basionym)
  • Siphonochelus (Trubatsa) saltantis Houart, 1991 ·
  • Siphonochelus saltantis Houart, 1991

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 9.2 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off the Lord Howe Seamount Chain, New Caledonia.

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trubatsa saltantis (Houart, 1991). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544840 on 2022-06-11
  • Houart, R. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda: The Typhinae (Muricidae) from the New Caledonian region with description of five new species. in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 150: 223-235.
  • Houart, R, Buge, B. & Zuccon, D. (2021). A taxonomic update of the Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with a review of New Caledonia species and the description of new species from New Caledonia, the South China Sea and Western Australia. Journal of Conchology. 44(2): 103–147.