Ranularia sinensis

Ranularia sinensis
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. sinensis
Binomial name
Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense (Reeve, 1844) Cymatium defrenata Iredale, T., 1936 Ranularia sinensis defranata Iredale, 1936 Cymatium (Ranularia) sinensis defrenata Iredale, T., 193 Triton sinensis Reeve, 1844

Ranularia sinensis, common name : the Chinese 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) sinense ^[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 50mm and 94 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed along South Japan and New South Wales, Australia.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia sinensis (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=476560 on 9 November 2010.
2. ^ 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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense sinense; accessed : 9 November 2010