Ranularia sinensis

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Ranularia sinensis
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Apertural view of Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Species:
R. sinensis
Binomial name
Ranularia sinensis
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cymatium defrenata Iredale, T., 1936
  • Ranularia sinensis defranataIredale, 1936
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) sinensis defrenata Iredale, T., 193
  • Triton sinensisReeve, 1844

Ranularia sinensis, common name: the Chinese triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]

Contents

This species was originally described by Reeve in 1844 as Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense [2]

Description

The shell size varies between 50mm and 94 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Japan and New South Wales, Australia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 December 2018.
  2. Reeve, L.A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Triton . pp. pls 1–20 in Reeve, L.A. Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol.2