Cymatium (Septa) pileare

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Cymatium (Septa) pileare
A shell of Cymatium (Septa) pileare with the periostracum removed, anterior end at the bottom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Genus: Cymatium
Subgenus: Septa
Species: C. (Septa) pileare
Binomial name
Cymatium (Septa) pileare
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cymatium (Septa) pileare, common name the hairy triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.

Subspecies

  • Cymatium (Septa) pileare martinianum (Orbigny, 1847)

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