Ranularia pyrum

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

Ranularia pyrum
Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
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

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 130 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along 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.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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