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Charonia tritonis

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Murex tritonis was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Indo-West Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Charonia.

It was recombined as Charonia tritonis by Gistel (1848).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. soozi, C. triamans

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex tritonis Linnaeus
1848Charonia tritonis Gistel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusCharoniaGistel 1848
speciestritonis(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Charonia tritonis Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2006-11-12 08:19:29
Modified: 2006-11-12 10:19:29
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Charonia tritonis (78046)