Ranularia sinensis
| Ranularia sinensis | |
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| Apertural view of Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844) | |
| 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. sinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844) | |
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Ranularia sinensis, common name : the Chinese 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) sinense [2]
Description
The shell size varies between 50mm and 94 mm
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Japan and New South Wales, Australia.
References
- 1 2 Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia sinensis (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=476560 on 9 November 2010.
- ↑ 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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