Deep-Sea name details
Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788) sensu Bergh, 1879
248351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248351)
unaccepted
Species
marine
(of ) Pallas P. S. (1788). Marina varia nova et rariora. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanea.</em> 2: 229-249, plates 5-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10095676
page(s): 237-239, pl. 5 fig. 22 [details]
page(s): 237-239, pl. 5 fig. 22 [details]
Taxonomy Bergh (1879) used the name Tritonia tetraquetra in a sense different from Pallas (1788). The oldest valid name for Tochuina...
Taxonomy Bergh (1879) used the name Tritonia tetraquetra in a sense different from Pallas (1788). The oldest valid name for Tochuina tetraquetra sensu Bergh, 1879 is Tritonia gigantea Bergh, 1904. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788) sensu Bergh, 1879. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248351 on 2026-09-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788) sensu Bergh, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248351 on 2026-09-19
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(of ) Pallas P. S. (1788). Marina varia nova et rariora. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanea.</em> 2: 229-249, plates 5-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10095676
page(s): 237-239, pl. 5 fig. 22 [details]
additional source Baba, K. (1968). A collection of <em>Tochuina tetraquetra</em> (Pallas, 1788) from Shirikishinai, Hokkaido, Japan (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). <em>Collecting and Breeding [Saishu to Shiiku].</em> 30(8):257-258. [In Japanese]. [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 129 [details]
source of synonymy Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) <i>Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue.</i> Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350432257_Marine_and_brackish-water_Gastropoda_of_Russia_and_adjacent_countries_an_illustrated_catalogue
page(s): 279; note: [Clade Nudipleura pp. 267-294 by A.V. Martynov] [details]
page(s): 237-239, pl. 5 fig. 22 [details]
additional source Baba, K. (1968). A collection of <em>Tochuina tetraquetra</em> (Pallas, 1788) from Shirikishinai, Hokkaido, Japan (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). <em>Collecting and Breeding [Saishu to Shiiku].</em> 30(8):257-258. [In Japanese]. [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 129 [details]
source of synonymy Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) <i>Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue.</i> Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350432257_Marine_and_brackish-water_Gastropoda_of_Russia_and_adjacent_countries_an_illustrated_catalogue
page(s): 279; note: [Clade Nudipleura pp. 267-294 by A.V. Martynov] [details]
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Taxonomy Bergh (1879) used the name Tritonia tetraquetra in a sense different from Pallas (1788). The oldest valid name for Tochuina tetraquetra sensu Bergh, 1879 is Tritonia gigantea Bergh, 1904. [details]
