Gyrineum pusillum
| Gyrineum pusillum | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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. pusillum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gyrineum pusillum (Broderip, 1833) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Gyrineum pusillum, common name the purple gyron triton, 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 7 mm and 25 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Aldabra
References
- 1 2 Gyrineum pusillum (Broderip, 1833) . WoRMS (2010). Apollon pusillus. 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=208004 on 27 June 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Beu A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, January 07, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.