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Gyrineum pusillum

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Gyrineum pusillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Ranellidae
Subfamily:
Ranellinae
Genus:
Gyrineum
Species:
G. pusillum
Binomial name
Gyrineum pusillum
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Apollon pusillus (Broderip, 1833)
  • Gyrineum pusilla (Brodrip, 1833) (Spelling variation)
  • Gyrineum pusillus Broderip (Spelling vatiation)
  • Ranella pusilla Broderip, 1833 (basionym)

Gyrineum pusillum, common name the purple gyron 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 length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Aldabra

References

  1. ^ a b Gyrineum pusillum (Broderip, 1833). WoRMS (2010). Apollon pusillus. 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=208004 on 27 June 2010 .
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Beu A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea


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