Ranularia cynocephala

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Ranularia cynocephala
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Apertural view of a shell of Ranularia cynocephala (Lamarck, 1816)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Species:
R. cynocephala
Binomial name
Ranularia cynocephala
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) caribbaeumClench & Turner, 1957
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) sarcostumumClench & Turner 1957
  • Cymatium cynocephalum(Lamarck, 1816)
  • Cymatium moritinctum(Reeve, 1844)
  • Eutritonium moritinctumReeve
  • Triton cynocephalumLamarck, 1816
  • Triton moritinctusReeve, 1844

Ranularia cynocephala is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 84 mm. [2]

Habitat and distribution

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 137 m. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ranularia cynocephala (Lamarck, 1816) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.