Ranularia pyrum
| Ranularia pyrum | |
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| Apertural view of Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| 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. pyrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Ranularia pyrum, common name : the pear 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 shell size varies between 50 mm and 130 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- 1 2 Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=476557 on 9 November 2010.
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Cymatium (Ranularia) pyrum; accessed : 9 November 2010
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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