Charonia lampas

Charonia lampas
Charonia lampas
Two views of a shell of Charonia lampas lampas form nodifera, with operculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Charonia
Species: C. lampas
Binomial name
Charonia lampas
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Charonia capax Finlay, 1926
Charonia capax euclioides Finlay, 1926
Charonia euclia instructa Iredale, 1929
Charonia mirabilis Parenzan, 1970
Charonia nodifera Linnaeus
Charonia nodifera var. euclia Hedley, 1914
Charonia powelli Cotton, 1957
Charonia sauliae (Reeve, 1844)
Charonia sauliae macilenta Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
Eutritonium lampas Linnaeus
Murex lampas Linnaeus, 1758
Murex nerei Dillwyn, 1817
Nyctilochus alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
Septa rubicunda Perry, 1811
Triton australe Lamarck, 1822
Triton nodiferum Lamarck, 1822
Triton sauliae Reeve, 1844
Tritonium glabrum Locard, 1886
Tritonium mediterraneum Risso, 1826
Tritonium opis Röding, 1798
Tritonium pustulata Euthyme, 1889
Tritonium pustulata var. minor Euthyme, 1889
Tritonium pustulata var. varicosa Euthyme, 1889

Charonia lampas is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[2]

Contents

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 390 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 8 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 50 m.[3]

References

  1. ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima. Reformata. Holmiae, Impensis Direct. Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii. iv + 824 pp.
  2. ^ a b Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758). Gofas, S. (2009). Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141101 on 27 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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