''Tritonium submuricatum'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of sea snail, a marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

in the

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Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. As the genus name ''

Tritonium ''Tritonium'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, commonly known as the nutmeg snails. The genus name Tritonium has been given twice to species with a different type species : * ''Tritonium'' O.F ...

'' is no longer accepted, this species name has become a "

species inquirenda In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century. The term ...

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Cancellariidae Gastropods described in 1862 {{cancellariidae-stub