Gutturnium muricinum

Gutturnium muricinum
Apertural view of Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Gutturnium
Species: G. muricinum
Binomial name
Gutturnium muricinum
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Afrocanidea gemma Connolly, 1929
  • Cymatium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
  • Cymatium tuberosum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Distorsio muricinum Röding, 1798
  • Eutritonium tuberosum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Litiopa obesa C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Ranella gyrinata Risso, 1826
  • Ranularia muricina (Röding, 1798)
  • Ranularia tuberosus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Triton albocingulatus Deshayes, 1863
  • Triton antillarum d’Orbigny, 1842
  • Triton crispus Reeve, 1844
  • Triton productum Gould, 1852
  • Triton pyriformis Conrad, 1849
  • Triton tuberosum Lamarck, 1822
  • Tritonium (Ranularia) nodulus Tapparone-Canefri, 1881
  • Tritonium nodulus Link, 1807

Gutturnium muricinum, common name the knobbly triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Apertural view of Gutturnium muricinum, a subadult specimen

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 75 mm.[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 27 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2010). Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220950 on 27 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 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.
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