Biology:Ranularia caudata

Ranularia caudata
	Apertural view of Ranularia caudatua (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Ranularia
Species:	R. caudata
Binomial name
	Ranularia caudata; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Buccinum costatum Meuschen, F.C., 1787; Cymatium (Ranularia) caudatum (Gmelin, J.F., 1791); Murex caudatus Gmelin, 1791 (basionym); Triton canaliferus Lamarck, 1822; Tritonium varicosum Link, 1807; Tritonocauda caudata (Gmelin, 1791); Tritonocauda caudata vulticula Iredale, 1936;

Short description: Species of gastropod

Ranularia caudata, common name the bent-neck triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Description

The size of a shell of an adult snail varies between 38 mm and 94 mm.

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along Tanzania.

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Ranularia caudata

Apertural view of Ranularia caudatua (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Ranularia
Species:	R. caudata
Binomial name
*Ranularia caudata* (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms^[1]
Buccinum costatum Meuschen, F.C., 1787 Cymatium (Ranularia) caudatum (Gmelin, J.F., 1791) Murex caudatus Gmelin, 1791 (basionym) Triton canaliferus Lamarck, 1822 Tritonium varicosum Link, 1807 Tritonocauda caudata (Gmelin, 1791) Tritonocauda caudata vulticula Iredale, 1936