Ranularia testudinaria
| Ranularia testudinaria | |
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| 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. testudinaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranularia testudinaria (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) | |
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Ranularia testudinaria 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 is between 50 mm and 100 mm
Distribution
This species is occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin, along the Philippines and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
- 1 2 Ranularia testudinaria (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia testudinaria (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). 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=476562 on 10 November 2010.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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