Maculotriton serriale

Maculotriton serriale is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Maculotriton serriale
Two views of s shell of Maculotriton serriale (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ergalataxinae
Genus:
Maculotriton
Species:
M. serriale
Binomial name
Maculotriton serriale
(Deshayes in Laborde, L.E.J. & M. Linant, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum pulicaris Lesson, 1842
  • Buccinum serriale Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1834
  • Charonia digitalis (Reeve, 1844)
  • Clathurella epidelia (Duclos in Chenu, 1848)
  • Clathurella pulicaris (Lesson, 1842)
  • Clathurella waterhouseae Brazier, 1896
  • Colubraria bracteata (Hinds, 1844)
  • Colubraria digitalis (Reeve, 1844)
  • Columbella epidelia Duclos in Chenu, 1848
  • Columbella pulicaris Lesson, 1842
  • Epidromus bracteatus (Hinds, 1844)
  • Eutriton digitalis (Reeve, 1844)
  • Eutriton digitalis var. seurati Couturier, 1907
  • Eutritonium digitale (Reeve, 1844)
  • Maculotriton bracteatus (Hinds, 1844)
  • Maculotriton bracteatus longus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1904
  • Maculotriton digitale (Reeve, 1844)
  • Triton angulatus Reeve, 1844
  • Triton bacillum Reeve, 1844
  • Triton bracteatus Hinds, 1844
  • Triton bracteatus longus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1904
  • Triton digitale Reeve, 1844
  • Triton lativaricosus Reeve, 1844
  • Tritonidea petterdi Brazier, 1872

It is difficult to find differences between Maculotriton serriale and Maculotriton digitalis (and its synonyms) when one considers shell characters only.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and off New Zealand and North and East Australia.

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References
  1. Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
  • "Maculotriton serriale". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 October 2010.


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