Gyrineum pusillum

Gyrineum pusillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Ranellinae
Genus: Gyrineum
Species: G. pusillum
Binomial name
Gyrineum pusillum
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Apollon pusillus (Broderip, 1833)
  • Gyrineum pusilla (Brodrip, 1833) (Spelling variation)
  • Gyrineum pusillus Broderip (Spelling vatiation)
  • Ranella pusilla Broderip, 1833 (basionym)

Gyrineum pusillum, common name the purple gyron triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Aldabra

References

  1. 1 2 Gyrineum pusillum (Broderip, 1833) . WoRMS (2010). Apollon pusillus. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208004 on 27 June 2010.


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