African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pisania tritonoides (Reeve, 1846)

AfReMaS taxon details

Pisania tritonoides (Reeve, 1846)

AphiaID

491257 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491257)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pisania Bivona e Bernardi, 1832

Original name

Buccinum tritonoides Reeve, 1846

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Reeve, L. A. (1846-1847). Monograph of the genus Buccinum. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-12, December 1846; pl. 13-14, February 1847]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pisania tritonoides (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491257 on 2026-09-03

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Pisania tritonoides (Reeve, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491257 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

2012-07-13 23:36:34Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of ) Reeve, L. A. (1846-1847). Monograph of the genus Buccinum. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-12, December 1846; pl. 13-14, February 1847]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823 [details]

basis of record Fraussen, K. (2010). Buccinidae checklist. Pers. Com. [details]

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 126. [details]

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 114 [details]

identification resource Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]