Cymatium femorale
| Cymatium femorale | |
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| Apertural view of Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| 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. femorale |
| Binomial name | |
| Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lotorium lotor Montfort, 1810 | |
Cymatium femorale 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 maximum recorded shell length is 212 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0.6 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 150 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225025 on 27 June 2010.
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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