Ranularia gallinago

Ranularia gallinago
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. gallinago
Binomial name
Ranularia gallinago
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) mohorterae A.H. Verrill, 1952
  • Cymatium aegrotum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cymatium gallinago (Reeve, 1844)
  • Triton aegrotus Reeve, 1844
  • Triton gallianago Reeve, 1844
  • Lotorium galingo Rye[2]

Ranularia gallinago is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 Ranularia gallinago (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia gallinago (Reeve, 1844). 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=476550 on 27 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Lotorium galingo (sic): misspelling


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