Ranella parthenopaeum

Taxobox
name = "Ranella parthenopaeum"


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
familia = Ranellidae
genus = "Ranella"
species = "R. parthenopaeum"
binomial = "Ranella parthenopaeum"
binomial_authority = von Salis, 1793
synonyms =

"Ranella parthenopaeum" is an out of date scientific name for what is now known as "Cymatium parthenopeum", a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.

This species has 42 different synonyms.

This triton was at one time thought to be endemic to Italy, but as well as occurring in the Mediterranean Sea, it is now known to live extensively in the western Atlantic from North Carolina to Uruguay, and around New Zealand.

References

* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19302/all Ranella parthenopaeum] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
* [http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=2961]