Ranularia encaustica

Ranularia encaustica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Ranularia
Species: R. encaustica
Binomial name
Ranularia encaustica
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]

Triton encaustica Reeve, 1844
Triton pyriformis A. Adams, 1855

Ranularia encaustica is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Ranularia encaustica (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Ranularia encaustica (Reeve, 1844). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476548 on 27 June 2010.


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