Ranularia cynocephala

Ranularia cynocephala is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Ranularia cynocephala
Apertural view of a shell of Ranularia cynocephala (Lamarck, 1816)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Species:
R. cynocephala
Binomial name
Ranularia cynocephala
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) caribbaeum Clench & Turner, 1957
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) sarcostumum Clench & Turner 1957
  • Cymatium cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Cymatium moritinctum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Eutritonium moritinctum Reeve
  • Triton cynocephalum Lamarck, 1816
  • Triton moritinctus Reeve, 1844

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 84 mm.[2]

Habitat and distribution

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 137 m.[2]

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References
  1. Ranularia cynocephala (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  2. 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.


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