Ranularia pyrum

Ranularia pyrum
Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Ranularia
Species:	R. pyrum
Binomial name
Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1][2]
Murex pyrum Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) Cymatium pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) Cymatium (Ranularia) pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758) Cymatium canaliculatum Röding, P.F., 1798 Cymatium clavatum Röding, P.F., 1798 Cymatium flexuosum Röding, P.F., 1798 Cymatium muricatum Röding, P.F., 1798

Ranularia pyrum, common name: the pear triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 130 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

1. Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
2. "Cymatium (Ranularia) pyrum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

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External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition, vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.]