North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Tricolia Risso, 1826

Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae, 30.06.2008), actual size 4 mm

AphiaID

138564 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138564)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Turbo pullus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Tricoliidae Woodring, 1928
Tricoliinae Woodring, 1928

Parent

Tricoliinae Woodring, 1928

Original name

Tricolia Risso, 1826

Synonymised names

Epheriella Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eudora Leach, 1852 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Eudora...)

invalid: junior homonym of Eudora Péron & Lesueur, 1810 [Cnidaria]; Steganomphalus Harris & Burrows, 1891 is a replacement name

Tricoliella Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (22)

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Species Tricolia algoidea (Pallary, 1920)
Species Tricolia azorica (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Species Tricolia deschampsi Gofas, 1993
Species Tricolia entomocheila Gofas, 1993
Species Tricolia landinii Bogi & Campani, 2007
Species Tricolia milaschewitchi V. Anistratenko & Starobogatov, 1991
Species Tricolia miniata (Monterosato, 1884)
Species Tricolia nordsiecki (Talavera, 1978)
Species Tricolia picta (da Costa, 1778)
Species Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tricolia punctura Gofas, 1993
Species Tricolia speciosa (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Tricolia tenuis (Michaud, 1829)
Species Tricolia tingitana Gofas, 1982
Species Tricolia canarica F. Nordsieck, 1973 accepted as Tricolia azorica (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Species Tricolia candidula Monterosato, 1917 accepted as Tricolia tenuis (Michaud, 1829) (dubious synonym)
Species Tricolia hoberti (Brusina, 1865) accepted as Tricolia tenuis (Michaud, 1829)
Species Tricolia nicaeensis Risso, 1826 accepted as Tricolia speciosa (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) (synonym)
Species Tricolia punctata Risso, 1826 accepted as Tricolia pullus pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Tricolia rentneri F. Nordsieck, 1973 accepted as Tricolia speciosa (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) (synonym)
Species Tricolia rissoi Audouin, 1826 accepted as Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tricolia rubra Risso, 1826 accepted as Tricolia speciosa (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tricolia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138564 on 2026-08-03

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Tricolia Risso, 1826. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138564 on 2026-08-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-08-29 19:12:46Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-10-05 00:15:48Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-07-16 08:56:09Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2017-12-31 06:29:49Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

original description (of Tricoliella Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 50 [details]

original description (of Epheriella Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432
page(s): 48 [details]

original description (of Eudora Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 147, 199 [details]

basis of record Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Gofas S. (1982). The genus Tricolia in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Journal of Molluscan Studies 48: 182-213 [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 144 [details]