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Ranularia testudinaria

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Ranularia testudinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Species:
R. testudinaria
Binomial name
Ranularia testudinaria
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium testudinarium (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) testudinarium (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Triton testudinaria A. Adams & Reeve, 1850

Ranularia testudinaria is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Description

The shell size is between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin, along the Philippines and in the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

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