Ranularia exilis

Ranularia exilis
Ranularia exilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Ranularia
Species: R. exilis
Binomial name
Ranularia exilis
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Triton exilis Reeve, 1844 (basionym)
  • Cymatium exile
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) exile (Reeve, L.A., 1844)

Ranularia exilis, common name: the slender 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 shell size varies between 40 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the West Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. ^ a b Ranularia exilis (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia exilis (Reeve, 1844). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476549 on 8 November 2010.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.

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