Cymatium corrugatum
| Cymatium corrugatum | |
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| Fossil shell of Cymatium corrugatum from Pleistocene | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Ranellidae |
| Subfamily: | Cymatiinae |
| Genus: | Cymatium |
| Species: | C. corrugatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cymatium corrugatum (Lamarck, 1816)[1] | |
Cymatium corrugatum, the Corrugated triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons. [2]
Description
Shells of Cymatium corrugatum can reach a size of 40–120 millimetres (1.6–4.7 in).[3]
This species has a large white shell with conical whorls provided with irregular knots. The mollusk is yellowish with red spots with white edges. The hairy and brown periostracum completely covers the shell.[4]
Distribution and habitat
This species can be found from Bay of Biscay to Angola and in the Mediterranean sea. [3] It lives on hard seabed at depths of 15 to 200 m.[4]
References
- ↑ Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1816) Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (Ed.) Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes Divers. Veuve Agasse, Imprimeur, Paris,. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ↑ IT IS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- 1 2 Gastropods
- 1 2 Aiamitalia
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