Ranularia cynocephalum
Ranularia cynocephalum | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Ranularia cyanocephalum (Lamarck, 1816) | |
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. cynocephalum |
Binomial name | |
Ranularia cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Cymatium (Ranularia) caribbaeum Clench & Turner, 1957 |
Ranularia cynocephalum 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 84 mm.[2]
Habitat and distribution
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 137 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Ranularia cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816). 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=476546 on 27 June 2010.
- 1 2 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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