Ranularia caudata

Ranularia caudata
Apertural view of Ranularia caudatua (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Ranularia
Species: R. caudata
Binomial name
Ranularia caudata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum costatum Meuschen, F.C., 1787
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) caudatum (Gmelin, J.F., 1791)
  • Murex caudatus Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Triton canaliferus Lamarck, 1822
  • Tritonium varicosum Link, 1807
  • Tritonocauda caudata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Tritonocauda caudata vulticula Iredale, 1936

Ranularia caudata, common name the bent-neck 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 size of a shell of an adult snail varies between 38 mm and 94 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along Tanzania.

References

  1. 1 2 Ranularia caudata (Gmelin, 1791) . WoRMS (2010). Ranularia caudata (Gmelin, 1791) . 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=217019 on 12 May 2011.

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