Ranularia sinensis

Ranularia sinensis
Apertural view of Ranularia sinensis (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. sinensis
Binomial name
Ranularia sinensis
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cymatium defrenata Iredale, T., 1936
  • Ranularia sinensis defranata Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) sinensis defrenata Iredale, T., 193
  • Triton sinensis Reeve, 1844

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

This species was originally described by Reeve in 1844 as Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense [2]

Description

The shell size varies between 50mm and 94 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Japan and New South Wales, Australia.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia sinensis (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=476560 on 9 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Reeve, L.A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Triton . pp. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol.2

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