Ranularia testudinaria

Ranularia testudinaria
Ranularia testudinaria
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. testudinaria
Binomial name
Ranularia testudinaria
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium testudinarium (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) testudinarium (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Triton testudinaria A. Adams & Reeve, 1850

Ranularia testudinaria 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 is between 50 mm and 100 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, along the Philippines and in the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. ^ a b Ranularia testudinaria (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia testudinaria (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). 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=476562 on 10 November 2010.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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