Maculotriton serriale

Maculotriton serriale
Maculotriton serriale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Maculotriton
Species: M. serriale
Binomial name
Maculotriton serriale
(Deshayes in Laborde, L.E.J. & M. Linant, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum pulicaris Lesson, 1842
Buccinum serriale Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1834
Charonia digitale (Reeve, 1844)
Clathurella waterhouseae Brazier, 1896
Columbella epidelia Duclos in Chenu, 1848
Columbella pulicaris Lesson, 1842
Eutriton digitale (Reeve, 1844)
Eutriton digitale var. seurati Couturier, 1907
Maculotriton bracteatus longus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1904
Triton angulatus Reeve, 1844
Triton bacillum Reeve, 1844
Triton bracteatus Hinds, 1844
Triton bracteatus longus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1904
Triton digitale Reeve, 1844
Triton lativaricosus Reeve, 1844
Tritonidea petterdi Brazier, 1872

Maculotriton serriale is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

It is difficult to find differences between Maculotriton serriale and Maculotriton digitalis (and its synonyms) when one considers shell characters only.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 24 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and along New Zealand and North and East Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b c Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1834).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217166 on 31 October 2010.

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