Turritriton labiosus

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Turritriton labiosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Genus: Turritriton
Species: T. labiosus
Binomial name
Turritriton labiosus
(W. Wood, 1828)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Murex labiosus Wood, 1828
Tritonium rutilum Menke, 1843
Triton loroisii Petit de la Saussaye, 1852
Triton strangei A. Adams & Angas, 1864
Triton loebbeckei Lischke, 1870
Triton orientalis G. & H. Nevill, 1874
Cabestana labiosa Powell, 1933[citation needed]
Turritriton labiosa Beu, 1971[citation needed]

Turritriton labiosus,[2] also known as Cymatium labiosum,[3] is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 30 mm.[4]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0.2 m; the maximum recorded depth is 91 m.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Wood W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus or a catalogue of shells, British and foreign London. privately published, pp. VI + 59 + 8 pl.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 WoRMS (2010). Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828). 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=476594 on 2011-02-17
  3. ↑ "Cymatium labiosum". CLEMAM, accessed 17 February 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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