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Argobuccinum pustulosum

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Species of gastropod

Argobuccinum pustulosum
Shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Argobuccinum
Species: A. pustulosum
Binomial name
Argobuccinum pustulosum
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms
  • Argobuccinum argus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Argobuccinum proditor (Frauenfeld, 1865)
  • Argobuccinum proditor proditor (Frauenfeld, 1865)
  • Argobuccinum proditor tristanensis Dell, 1963
  • Argobuccinum pustulosum tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
  • Argobuccinum ranelliforme (King, 1832)
  • Argobuccinum tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
  • Buccinum pustulosum Lightfoot, 1786
  • Bursa (Apollon) proditor Frauenfeld, 1865
  • Bursa tumida Dunker, 1862
  • Cassidea tuberculata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Murex argus Gmelin, 1791
  • Ranella ampullacea Valenciennes, 1858
  • Ranella kingii d'Orbigny, 1841
  • Ranella polyzonalis Lamarck, 1816
  • Ranella vexillum G. B. Sowerby II, 1835
  • Triton ranelliforme King, 1832
  • Tritonium argobuccinum Röding, 1798

Argobuccinum pustulosum, common name the pustular triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.

Description

The large swollen shell of this species has prominent varices.

The maximum recorded shell length of the synonym Argobuccinum proditor tristanense is 80 mm.

Minimum recorded depth of the synonym Argobuccinum proditor tristanense is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 280 m.

References

  1. Lightfoot J. (1786) A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner and Co. On Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days (...) at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-Garden, Whitehall, by order of the Acting Executrix. pp. i-viii, 3-194. page 88 (Lot 1960).
  2. ^ Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Argobuccinum pustulosum
Buccinum pustulosum

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