Ranularia cynocephalum

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Ranularia cynocephalum
Apertural view of Ranularia cyanocephalum (Lamarck, 1816)
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. cynocephalum
Binomial name
Ranularia cynocephalum
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]

Cymatium (Ranularia) caribbaeum Clench & Turner, 1957
Cymatium (Ranularia) sarcostumum Clench & Turner 1957
Triton cynocephalum Lamarck, 1816
Triton moritinctus Reeve, 1844

Ranularia cynocephalum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Description

Distribution

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ranularia cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816). 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=476546 on 27 June 2010.

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