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Ranularia testudinaria

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Ranularia testudinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Species:
R. testudinaria
Binomial name
Ranularia testudinaria
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium testudinarium (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) testudinarium (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Triton testudinaria A. Adams & Reeve, 1850

Ranularia testudinaria is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Description

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The shell size is between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin, along the Philippines and in the Western Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.

References

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  • Beu, A.G., 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revision of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 178: 1-255
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
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