Gyrineum bituberculare

Gyrineum bituberculare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Ranellinae
Genus: Gyrineum
Species: G. bituberculare
Binomial name
Gyrineum bituberculare
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bursa fuscocostata Dunker, 1862
  • Ranella bituberculare Lamarck, 1816

Gyrineum bituberculare 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 length of the shell varies between 27 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. 1 2 Gyrineum bituberculare (Lamarck, 1816). WoRMS (2010). Gyrineum bituberculare (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208003 on 27 June 2010.

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