''Trituba'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
family
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Newtoniellidae
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.
[Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Trituba Jousseaume, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180931 on 2015-02-10]
Species
Species in the genus ''Trituba'' include:
* ''
Trituba additicia''
Gofas, 2003
* ''
Trituba anelpistos''
(Bouchet & Fechter, 1981)
* ''
Trituba barbadensis''
(Coomans & Faber, 1984)
* † ''
Trituba bitubulata''
(Baudon, 1856)
* ''
Trituba blacki''
(B.A. Marshall, 1977)
* ''
Trituba constricta''
Gofas, 2003
* ''
Trituba dexia''
(Verco, 1909)
* ''
Trituba elatissima''
Gofas, 2003
* ''
Trituba epallaxa''
(Verco, 1909)
* ''
Trituba fallax''
Gofas, 2003
* ''
Trituba hirta''
Gofas, 2003
* ''
Trituba incredita''
Gofas, 2003
* ''
Trituba lima''
Gofas, 2003
* † ''
Trituba neozelanica''
(Laws, 1939)
* ''
Trituba recurvata''
Gofas, 2003
* ''
Trituba superstes''
(Bouchet & Fechter, 1981)
* † ''
Trituba zecollata''
(Laws, 1941)
;Subgenus
* Subgenus ''Trituba (Granulotriforis)''
Kosuge, 1967 represented as ''Trituba''
Jousseaume, 1884 (alternate representation)
* ''Trituba (Granulotriforis) antepallaxa''
(B. A. Marshall, 1977)
* ''Trituba (Granulotriforis) nonnitens''
(Barnard, 1963)
* ''Trituba (Granulotriforis) tanseiae''
(Kosuge, 1967)
* ''Trituba (Granulotriforis) tui''
(B. A. Marshall, 1977)
References
Jousseaume 1884. ''Monographie des Triforidae''. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France, 1(3): 217-270, pl. 4 Verco, J.C. 1909. ''Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII; Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia v. 33 (1909)''
Newtoniellidae
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