Sandalia triticea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Sandalia triticea
Shell of Sandalia triticea (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Sandalia
Species:
S. triticea
Binomial name
Sandalia triticea
(Lamarck, 1810)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphiperas rhodia A. Adams, 1854
  • Amphiperas scitula A. Adams, 1854
  • Birostra rhodia (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Ovula bullata sensu Tryon, 1885 not A. Adams & Reeve, 1848
  • Ovula rhodia (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Ovula triticea Lamarck, 1810
  • Ovulum rhodium (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Primovula (Primovula) rhodia (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Primovula (Sandalia) triticea (Lamarck, 1810)
  • Primovula fumikoae Azuma & Cate, 1971
  • Primovula rhodia Allan, 1956
  • Primovula rhodia sensu J. Allan, 1956 not A. Adams, 1854
  • Pseudosimnia carnea sensu F. A. Schilder, 1941 not Poiret, 1789
  • Sandalia bridgesi Lorenz, 2009 junior subjective synonym
  • Sandalia pontia Cate, 1975
  • Stohleroma asiaticum Cate, 1973

Description

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sandalia triticea (Lamarck, 1810). WoRMS (2009). Sandalia triticea (Lamarck, 1810). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430623 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Lorenz, F., 2009. -Two new species of Ovulidae from the western Pacific (Gastropoda: Ovulidae). Conchylia 40(3-4): 38-42
  • Knudsen J. (1997). Observations on the egg capsule and reproduction of four species of Ovulidae and of Nassarius (Zeuxis) siquijorensis (A. Adams, 1852) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Eighth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 361-370.
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
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