Ranularia pyrum

Ranularia pyrum
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. pyrum
Binomial name
Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1][2]
Murex pyrum Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) Cymatium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) Cymatium (Ranularia) pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) Cymatium canaliculatum Röding, P.F., 1798 Cymatium clavatum Röding, P.F., 1798 Cymatium flexuosum Röding, P.F., 1798 Cymatium muricatum Röding, P.F., 1798

Ranularia pyrum, common name : the pear triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 130 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=476557 on 9 November 2010.
2. ^ Gastropods.com : Cymatium (Ranularia) pyrum; accessed : 9 November 2010

• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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