Linatella caudata

Linatella caudata
Linatella caudata
Linatella caudata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Linatella
Species: L. caudata
Binomial name
Linatella caudata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum caudatum Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Cassidaria cingulata Lamarck, 1822
  • Cymatium (Linatella) cingulatum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Cymatium (Linatella) cingulatum peninsulum M. Smith, 1937
  • Cymatium (Linatella) poulsenii Mörch, O.A.L., 1877
  • Cymatium cutaceum (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Cymatium floridanum Mansfield, W.C., 1930
  • Cymatium krenkeli Cox, 1930
  • Cymatium neptunia Garrard, T.A., 1963
  • Cymatium rostrata Mörch, O.A.L., 1852
  • Fusus cutaceus Lamarck, 1816
  • Fusus voigtii Anton, 1838
  • Galeodea cingulata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 182
  • Linatella neptunia Garrard, 1963
  • Murex caudata Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex cutaceous Linnaeus, C., 1767
  • Nassaria hillae Nordsieck, F., 1968
  • Ranularia (Lagena) rostratus “Martini” Mörch, 1853
  • Triton (Linatella) poulsenii Mörch, 1877
  • Triton bantamensis Martin, K., 1895
  • Triton canaliferus Lamarck, 1822
  • Triton undosum Kiener, 1842
  • Tritonium chemnitzii Gray, J.E., 1839
  • Tritonium varicosum Link, 1807
  • Tritonocauda caudata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Tritonocauda caudata vulticula Iredale, 1936

Linatella caudata, common name : the girdled triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters, the Western Atlantic, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. ^ a b Linatella caudata (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia caudata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141114 on 30 March 2011.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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