Gyrineum gyrinum

Gyrineum gyrinum
Five views of a shell of Gyrineum gyrinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Gyrineum
Species:	G. gyrinum
Binomial name
Gyrineum gyrinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
Biplex variegataPerry, 1811 Gyrineum verrucosumLink, 1807 Murex gyrinumLinnaeus, 1758 Ranella raninaLamarck, 1816

Gyrineum gyrinum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. ^[1]

Description

This species attains a size around 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea and off Queensland, Australia.

References

1. Gyrineum gyrinum (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 December 2018.

• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
• Link D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock: Adlers Erben
• Beu A.G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 178: 1-255