Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Invalid subtaxa: Buccinatorium Mörch 1877, Eutritonium Cossmann 1904, Semiranella de Gregorio 1880, Triton Montfort 1810, Triton (Semiranella) de Gregorio 1880, Tritonium Röding 1798 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Cymatiinae according to A. G. Beu 2005
See also Abbass 1967, Ladd 1982, Lozouet 1998, Marasti 1973, Martin 1904, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Wienrich 2001 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Antarctiranella, Cabestana, Cymatiella, Linatella, Sassia
Subtaxa: Charonia (Charonia) Charonia guichemerri Charonia lampas Charonia multinodosa Charonia sauliae Charonia tritonis Charonia variegata Charonia weisbordi Triton abbreviatus Triton atavus Triton buccinoides Triton connectens Triton crassidens Triton cribrosus Triton heptagonum Triton mississpiensis Triton obscurus Triton obscurus Triton oligostirus Triton ovoideus Triton quoyi Triton sexcostatus Tritonium buwaldi Tritonium centrosum Tritonium eocenicum Tritonium impressum Tritonium martinezensis Tritonium newsomi Tritonium pulchrum
Type: Murex tritonis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), Spain (2), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Hawaii), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (3), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Australia (8), Belgium (1), the Dominican Republic (5), France (3), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Japan (4), Poland (1), Turkey (1), United States (2: Maryland)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), France (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (2), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), United States (9: Alabama, California)
• Cretaceous of France (2), Poland (3), United States (9: Alabama, Arizona, Tennessee)
Total: 90 collections including 99 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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