Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Eupulmonata > Order Ellobiida > Superfamily Ellobioidea > Family Trimusculidae

Trimusculus F. C. Schmidt, 1818

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clypeus*	Scacchi, 1833	junior homonym
*Gadinia*	J. E. Gray, 1824	synonym

Children

Trimusculus afer (Gmelin, 1791)
Trimusculus mammillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Schmidt F.C. 1818, Versuch über die beste Einrichtung zur Aufstellung: Behandlung und Aufbewahrung der verschiedenen Naturkörper und gegenṣtände der Kunst, vorzüglich der Conchylien-Sammlungen, nebst kurzer Beurtheilung der conchyliologischen Systeme und Schriften und einer tabellarischen Zusammenstellung und Vergleichung der sechs besten und neuesten conchyliologischen Systeme. Gotha, J. Perth, 252 pp.
basis of record	Poppe G. & Groh K. (2009) A new species of Trimusculus (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Trimusculidae) from the Central Philippines. Visaya 2(5): 91-93. [September 2009]
status source	Dayrat, B., Conrad, M., Balayan, S., White, T. R., Albrecht, C., Golding, R., Gomes, S. R., Harasewych, M. G., & Frias Martins, A. M. de. (2011). Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of pulmonate gastropods (Mollusca): new insights from increased taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59: 425-437.
subsequent type designation	Rehder, H. A. (1940). On the molluscan genus Trimusculus Schmidt 1818, with notes on some Mediterranean and West African Siphonarias. Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington. 53: 67-69.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trimusculus F. C. Schmidt, 1818. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138565