Gutturnium muricinum

Species of gastropod

Gutturnium muricinum
Apertural view of Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Gutturnium
Species:
G. muricinum
Binomial name
Gutturnium muricinum
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Afrocanidea gemma Connolly, 1929
  • Cymatium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
  • Cymatium tuberosum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Distorsio muricinum Röding, 1798
  • Eutritonium tuberosum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Litiopa obesa C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Ranella gyrinata Risso, 1826
  • Ranularia muricina (Röding, 1798)
  • Ranularia tuberosus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Triton albocingulatus Deshayes, 1863
  • Triton antillarum d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Triton crispus Reeve, 1844
  • Triton productum Gould, 1852
  • Triton pyriformis Conrad, 1849
  • Triton tuberosum Lamarck, 1822
  • Tritonium (Ranularia) nodulus Tapparone-Canefri, 1881
  • Tritonium nodulus Link, 1807

Gutturnium muricinum, common name the knobbly triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Apertural view of Gutturnium muricinum, a subadult specimen

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 75 mm.[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 27 m.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

  1. ^ a b Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Deshayes, G. P., 1863 Catalogue des mollusques de l‛Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon), p. 144 p, 14 pls
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

External links

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  • Malacolog info based on the previous species name
  • Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
  • Connolly, M. (1929). Notes on African non-marine Mollusca, with descriptions of many new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (10) 3 (14): 165-178, pl. 5. London
  • Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56-68, 109-123
  • Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston. 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16
  • amarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
  • Link D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock: Adlers Erben. 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1–50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51–100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101–165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1–30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1–38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1–38
Taxon identifiers
Gutturnium muricinum
Distorsio muricina


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