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Ranularia sinensis

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Species of gastropod

Ranularia sinensis
Apertural view of Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Species: R. sinensis
Binomial name
Ranularia sinensis
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cymatium defrenata Iredale, T., 1936
  • Ranularia sinensis defranata Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) sinensis defrenata Iredale, T., 193
  • Triton sinensis Reeve, 1844

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

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

Description

The shell size varies between 50mm and 94 mm

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Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ 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

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Taxon identifiers
Ranularia sinensis
Triton sinensis
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