Ranularia trilineata

Ranularia trilineata
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. trilineata
Binomial name
Ranularia trilineata (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Cymatium trilineatum (Reeve, L.A., 1844) Cymatium (Ranularia) trilineatum (Reeve, L.A., 1844) Gutturinum trilineatum Vine, 1986 Triton trilineata Reeve, 1844

Ranularia trilineata , common name : the Three-lined 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 size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 90 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ranularia trilineata (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia trilineata (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=476563 on 10 November 2010.

• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

External links

• Gastropods.com : Cymatium (Ranularia) trilineatum; accessed : 10 November 2010