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Ranularia gallinago

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Ranularia gallinago
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Species:
R. gallinago
Binomial name
Ranularia gallinago
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) mohorterae A.H. Verrill, 1952
  • Cymatium aegrotum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cymatium gallinago (Reeve, 1844)
  • Triton aegrotus Reeve, 1844
  • Triton gallinago Reeve, 1844
  • Lotorium galingo Rye[1]

Ranularia gallinago is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

References

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  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice