African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Plesiotritoninae Beu & P. A. Maxwell, 1987

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Plesiotritoninae Beu & P. A. Maxwell, 1987

AphiaID

411822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411822)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Cancellariidae Forbes & Hanley, 1851

Original name

Plesiotritoninae Beu & P. A. Maxwell, 1987

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Genus Africotriton Beu & P. A. Maxwell, 1987
Genus Fusimorio Sacco, 1896
Genus Plesiotriton P. Fischer, 1884
Genus Tritonoharpa Dall, 1908
Genus Loxotaphrus G. F. Harris, 1897 accepted as Fusimorio Sacco, 1896 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Nivitriton Iredale, 1929 accepted as Tritonoharpa Dall, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Beu, A. G.; Maxwell, P. A. (1987). A revision of the fossil and living gastropods related to Plesiotriton Fischer, 1884 (Family Cancellariidae, Subfamily Plesiotritoninae n. subfam.). With an appendix: Genera of Buccinidae Pisaniinae related to Colubraria Schumacher, 1817. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 54: 1-140. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plesiotritoninae Beu & P. A. Maxwell, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411822 on 2025-05-10

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Nomenclature

original description Beu, A. G.; Maxwell, P. A. (1987). A revision of the fossil and living gastropods related to Plesiotriton Fischer, 1884 (Family Cancellariidae, Subfamily Plesiotritoninae n. subfam.). With an appendix: Genera of Buccinidae Pisaniinae related to Colubraria Schumacher, 1817. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 54: 1-140. [details]

Taxonomy

status source Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Petit R.E. & Harasewych M.G. (2005). Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) - 2nd edition. Zootaxa. 1102: 3-161. [details]

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