Argobuccinum pustulosum, common name the pustular triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Argobuccinum |
| Species: | A. pustulosum
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Description
editThe large swollen shell of this species has prominent varices.
The maximum recorded shell length of the synonym Argobuccinum proditor tristanense is 80 mm.[3]
Minimum recorded depth of the synonym Argobuccinum proditor tristanense is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 280 m.[3]
References
edit- ^ Lightfoot J. (1786) A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner and Co. On Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days (...) at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-Garden, Whitehall, by order of the Acting Executrix. pp. i-viii, 3-194. page 88 (Lot 1960).
- ^ a b Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
- ^ a b c 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.