Ranularia sarcostoma

Ranularia sarcostoma
Ranularia sarcostoma
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. sarcostoma
Binomial name
Ranularia sarcostoma
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium sarcostomum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Triton sarcostoma Reeve, 1844

Ranularia sarcostoma, common name : the flesh-coloured hairy triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

This species was originally described by Reeve in 1844 as Cymatium (Ranularia) sarcostoma [2]

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 103 mm

Distribution

This species is found in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. 1 2 Ranularia sarcostoma (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia sarcostoma (Reeve, 1844). 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=476559 on 8 November 2010.
  2. Reeve, L.A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Triton . pp. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol.2

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