Argobuccinum pustulosum
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Argobuccinum pustulosum shell | |
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Species: | A. pustulosum
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Argobuccinum pustulosum | |
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Argobuccinum argus (Gmelin, 1791) |
Argobuccinum pustulosum, common name the pustular triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[3]
Distribution
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Description
The large swollen shell of this species has prominent varices.
References
- ^ Lightfoot J. (1786) A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner and Co. On Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days (...) at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-Garden, Whitehall, by order of the Acting Executrix. pp. i-viii, 3-194. page 88 (Lot 1960).
- ^ Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225658 on 2016-07-09
- ^ Argobuccinum pustulosum (Solander in Lightfoot, 1786). WoRMS (2010). Argobuccinum pustulosum (Solander in Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225658 on 27 June 2010 .
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