Ranularia trilineata
| Ranularia trilineata | |
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| Apertural view of Ranularia trilineata (Reeve, 1844) with operculum | |
| 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. trilineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranularia trilineata (Reeve, 1844) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ranularia trilineata, common name : the Three-lined 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 length of the shell varies between 38 mm and 90 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
- 1 2 Ranularia trilineata (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia trilineata (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=476563 on 10 November 2010.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
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