Ranularia caudata

Ranularia caudata, common name the bent-neck triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Ranularia caudata
Apertural view of Ranularia caudatua (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Species:
R. caudata
Binomial name
Ranularia caudata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum costatum Meuschen, F.C., 1787
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) caudatum (Gmelin, J.F., 1791)
  • Murex caudatus Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Triton canaliferus Lamarck, 1822
  • Tritonium varicosum Link, 1807
  • Tritonocauda caudata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Tritonocauda caudata vulticula Iredale, 1936

Description

The size of a shell of an adult snail varies between 38 mm and 94 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along Tanzania.

References
  1. Ranularia caudata (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  • "Cymatium (Ranularia) caudatum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 May 2011.


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