Ranularia exilis
| Ranularia exilis | |
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| Apertural view of Ranularia exilis (Reeve, 1844) | |
| 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. exilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranularia exilis (Reeve, 1844) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
 Abapertural view of Ranularia exilis (Reeve, 1844) | |
Ranularia exilis, common name: the slender 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 shell size varies between 40 mm and 60 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the West Pacific Ocean.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ranularia exilis (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia exilis (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=476549 on 8 November 2010.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.