Triptychus

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Phylum:Mollusca
Subcohort:Panpulmonata
Superfamily:Pyramidelloidea
Triptychus
Drawing of a shell of Triptychus niveus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Triptychus
Mörch, 1875[1]
Type species
Triptychus nivea Mörch, 1875
Synonyms[2]

Pyramidella (Triptychus) Mörch, 1875

Triptychus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

The subulate shell is spirally paucilirate. The aperture is lirate within, subsinuated in front. The columella is triplicate.[3]

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