Gelagna succincta

Gelagna succincta
shell of Gelagna succincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Gelagna
Species: G. succincta
Binomial name
Gelagna succincta
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium clandestinum (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Cymatium (Gelagna) clandestinum Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816
  • Cymatium cynocephalum Habe, T. & S. Kosuge, 1967
  • Eutritonium clandestinum Lamarck
  • Linatella clandestina Lamarck
  • Linatella succincta (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Murex succincta Linnaeus, 1758
  • Neptunea doliata Röding, 1798
  • Triton clandestinum Lamarck, 1816
  • Triton confinis Brancsik, 1896

Gelagna succincta, common name the lesser girdled triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific (Tanzania), along the Galapagos Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean along Gabon and North East Brazil.

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

The maximum recorded shell length is 45 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 20 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 20 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Gelagna succincta (Linnaeus, 1771). WoRMS (2010). Gelagna succincta (Linnaeus, 1771). 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=476500 on 7 November 2010.
  2. 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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