- Ranularia sarcostoma
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Ranularia sarcostoma Ranularia sarcostoma Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Tonnoidea Family: Ranellidae Subfamily: Cymatiinae Genus: Ranularia Species: R. sarcostoma Binomial name Ranularia sarcostoma
(Reeve, 1844)Synonyms[1] - Cymatium sarcostomum (Reeve, 1844)
- Triton sarcostoma Reeve, 1844
Ranularia sarcostoma, common name : the flesh-coloured hairy triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]
This species was originally described by Reeve in 1844 as Cymatium (Ranularia) sarcostoma [2]
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Description
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 103 mm
Distribution
This species is found in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- ^ a b Ranularia sarcostoma (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia sarcostoma (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=476559 on 8 November 2010.
- ^ Reeve, L.A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Triton . pp. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol.2
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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