Tritonia (gastropod)

Genus of gastropods

Not to be confused with Tritonia (plant).

Tritonia

A live individual of Tritonia festiva in situ, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Order:  | Nudibranchia
Suborder:  | Cladobranchia
Family:  | Tritoniidae
Subfamily:  | Tritoniinae
Genus:  | Tritonia
Cuvier, 1798[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]

* Candiella Gray, 1850
* Euphurus Rafinesque, 1815 (Unnecessary substitute name for Tritonia)
* Microlophus Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 (Invalid: junior homonym of Microlophus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 [Reptilia]; Myrella is a replacement name)
* Myrella Odhner, 1963

Tritonia is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae.[2]

Tritonia is the type genus of the family Tritoniidae.[2]

## Species

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Species within the genus Tritonia include:[3]

* The type species is Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803

* Tritonia antarctica Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886
* Tritonia australis (Bergh, 1898)
* Tritonia bollandi Smith & Gosliner, 2003
* Tritonia callogorgiae Chimienti, Furfaro & Taviani, 2020
* Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884 - synonyms:Tritonia appendiculata (Eliot, 1905)
* Tritonia coralliumrubri Doneddu, Sacco & Trainito, 2014
* Tritonia dantarti Ballesteros & Avila 2006
* Tritonia episcopalis Bouchet, 1977
* Tritonia exsulans Bergh, 1894
* Tritonia festiva (Stearns, 1873)
* Tritonia flemingi (Powell, 1937)
* Tritonia griegi Odhner, 1922
* Tritonia hirondelle Ortea & Moro, 2020
* Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
* Tritonia incerta Bergh, 1904
* Tritonia indecora Bergh, 1907
* Tritonia ingolfiana (Bergh, 1899)
* Tritonia newfoundlandica Valdés, Murillo, McCarthy & Yedinak, 2017
* Tritonia odhneri Er. Marcus, 1959
* Tritonia olivacea Bergh, 1905
* Tritonia pallescens Eliot, 1906
* Tritonia pallida Stimpson, 1855
* Tritonia poirieri (Mabille & Rochebrune, 1891)
* Tritonia peregrina (Lamarck, 1819)
* Tritonia primorjensis Minichev, 1971
* Tritonia psoloides (Aurivillius, 1887)
* Tritonia punctata (Dalyell, 1853)
* Tritonia sp. 1 soft coral nudibranch[4]
* Tritonia sp. 2 brush nudibranch[4]
* Tritonia rubiginosa (Reeve, 1846)
* Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788)
* Tritonia villafranca (Vayssière, 1901)
* Tritonia vorax (Odhner, 1926)

Synonyms:

* Tritonia acuminata Costa A., 1840: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
* Tritonia alba Alder & Hancock, 1854: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
* Tritonia appendiculata Eliot, 1905: synonym of Tritonia challengeriana Bergh, 1884
* Tritonia ascanii Møller, 1842: synonym of Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
* Tritonia atrofusca MacGillivray, 1843: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
* Tritonia aurantiaca (Barnard, 1927): accepted as Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828)
* Tritonia aurantiacum [sic]: synonym of Tritonia aurantiaca (Barnard, 1927) accepted as Tritonia plebeia G. Johnston, 1828
* Tritonia bayeri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Tritonicula bayeri (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
* Tritonia blainvillea Risso, 1818: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
* Tritonia cincta Pruvot-Fol, 1937: synonym of Tritoniopsis cincta (Pruvot-Fol, 1937)
* Tritonia conifera Dalyell, 1853: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803 (dubious synonym)
* Tritonia costae Vérany, 1846: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
* Tritonia cucullata Couthouy in Gould, 1852: synonym of Marionia cucullata (Couthouy, 1852) (original combination)
* Tritonia cyanobranchiata Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828: synonym of Marionia cyanobranchiata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) (original combination)
* Tritonia decaphylla Cantraine, 1835: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
* Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894: synonym of Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788)
* Tritonia divaricata Dalyell, 1853: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
* Tritonia elegans Audouin, 1826: synonym of Tritoniopsis elegans (Audouin, 1826) (original combination)
* Tritonia eriosi Ev. Marcus, 1983: synonym of Tritonia odhneri Er. Marcus, 1959
* Tritonia felina Alder & Hancock, 1842: synonym of Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
* Tritonia gibbosa Risso, 1818: synonym of Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818) (original combination)
* Tritonia gigantea Bergh, 1904: synonym of Tochuina gigantea (Bergh, 1904) (original combination)
* Tritonia glama Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828: synonym of Marionia glama (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) (original combination)
* Tritonia gracilis (Risso, 1826): synonym of Duvaucelia manicata Deshayes, 1853
* Tritonia hamnerorum Gosliner & Ghiselin, 1987: synonym of Tritonicula hamnerorum (Gosliner & Ghiselin, 1987)
* Tritonia hombergi [sic]: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803 (misspelling)
* Tritonia khaleesi F. V. Silva, Azevedo & Matthews-Cascon, 2014: synonym of Marianina khaleesi (Silva, de Azevedo et Matthews-Cascon, 2014)
* Tritonia lactea W. Thompson, 1840: synonym of Dendronotus lacteus (W. Thompson, 1840) (original combination)
* Tritonia lineata Alder & Hancock, 1848: synonym of Duvaucelia lineata (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
* Tritonia manicata Deshayes, 1853: synonym of Duvaucelia manicata (Deshayes, 1853)
* Tritonia meyeri Vérany, 1862: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
* Tritonia moesta Bergh, 1884: synonym of Duvaucelia manicata Deshayes, 1853
* Tritonia myrakeenae Bertsch & Mozqueira, 1986: synonym of Tritonicula myrakeenae (Bertsch & Osuna, 1986)
* Tritonia nigritigris Valdés, Lundsten & N. G. Wilson, 2018: synonym of Tochuina nigritigris (Valdés, Lundsten & Wilson, 2018)
* Tritonia nigromaculata Roginskaya, 1984: synonym of Tochuina nigromaculata (Roginskaya, 1984)
* Tritonia nilsodhneri Marcus Ev., 1983: synonym of Duvaucelia odhneri J. Tardy, 1963
* Tritonia papalotla Bertsch, Valdés & Gosliner, 2009: synonym of Trivettea papalotla (Bertsch, Valdés & Gosliner, 2009) (original combination)
* Tritonia pickensi Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Tritonicula pickensi (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
* Tritonia plebeia G. Johnston, 1828: synonym of Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828)
* Tritonia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1842: synonym of Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774)
* Tritonia pulchra G. Johnston, 1828: synonym of Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828)
* Tritonia pustulosa Deshayes, 1853: synonym of Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
* Tritonia quadrilatera Philippi, 1844: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
* Tritonia reticulata Bergh, 1882: synonym of Tritonia festiva (Stearns, 1873)
* Tritonia reynoldsii Couthouy, 1838: synonym of Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) (dubious synonym)
* Tritonia rubra Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828: synonym of Marionia rubra (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) (original combination)
* Tritonia striata Haefelfinger, 1963: synonym of Duvaucelia striata (Haefelfinger, 1963)
* Tritonia taliartensis Ortea & Moro, 2009: synonym of Duvaucelia taliartensis (Ortea & Moro, 2009)
* Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788) sensu Bergh, 1879: synonym of Tochuina gigantea (Bergh, 1904)
* Tritonia thethydea Delle Chiaje, 1841: synonym of Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
* Tritonia varicosa W. Turton, 1825: synonym of Tritia varicosa (W. Turton, 1825) (original combination)
* Tritonia wellsi Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Tritonicula wellsi (Er. Marcus, 1961)

## References

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1. ^ Cuvier G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux, page 387.
2. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Tritonia Cuvier, 1798. Accessed on 2021-01-06.
3. ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.
4. ^ a b Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8

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Taxon identifiers

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* Wikidata: Q1117674
* Wikispecies: Tritonia (Tritoniidae)
* ADW: Tritonia
* AFD: Tritonia
* BOLD: 194476
* CoL: 7PJZ6
* EoL: 57756
* GBIF: 2292025
* iNaturalist: 48829
* IRMNG: 1024833
* ITIS: 78472
* NBN: NHMSYS0021056188
* NCBI: 70852
* NZOR: 1e9d44a8-ba7b-4e8b-bde1-4821d7722891
* Open Tree of Life: 650635
* WoRMS: 138580

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