Ranularia gallinago

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

Ranularia gallinago
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Species:
R. gallinago
Binomial name
Ranularia gallinago
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) mohorterae A.H. Verrill, 1952
  • Cymatium aegrotum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cymatium gallinago (Reeve, 1844)
  • Triton aegrotus Reeve, 1844
  • Triton gallinago Reeve, 1844
  • Lotorium galingo Rye[2]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

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References
  1. Ranularia gallinago (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  2. Lotorium galingo (sic): misspelling
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice


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