Ranularia pyrum | |
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Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cymatiidae |
Genus: | Ranularia |
Species: | R. pyrum |
Binomial name | |
Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Ranularia pyrum, common name: the pear triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 130 mm
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This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.
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