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Ranularia caudata

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Ranularia caudata
Apertural view of Ranularia caudatua (Gmelin, 1791)
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. caudata
Binomial name
Ranularia caudata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum costatum Meuschen, F.C., 1787
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) caudatum (Gmelin, J.F., 1791)
  • Murex caudatus Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Triton canaliferus Lamarck, 1822
  • Tritonium varicosum Link, 1807
  • Tritonocauda caudata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Tritonocauda caudata vulticula Iredale, 1936

Ranularia caudata, common name the bent-neck 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 size of a shell of an adult snail varies between 38 mm and 94 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along Tanzania.

References

  1. ^ a b Ranularia caudata (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia caudata (Gmelin, 1791) . 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=217019 on 12 May 2011 .
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