Ranularia sinensis | |
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Apertural view of Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844) | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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Ranularia sinensis, common name: the Chinese triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]
This species was originally described by Reeve in 1844 as Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense [2]
The shell size varies between 50mm and 94 mm
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This marine species occurs off South Japan and New South Wales, Australia.
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