Cymatium (Septa) pileare

Cymatium (Septa) pileare
A shell of Cymatium (Septa) pileare with the periostracum removed, anterior end at the bottom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Ranellidae
Genus:	Cymatium
Subgenus:	Septa
Species:	C. (Septa) pileare
Binomial name
Cymatium (Septa) pileare (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cymatium (Septa) pileare, common name the hairy triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.

Subspecies

• Cymatium (Septa) pileare martinianum (Orbigny, 1847)

References

• WoRMS : Cymatium (Septa) pileare (Linnaeus, 1758)

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