Ranularia testudinaria is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
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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: | Ranularia |
| Species: | R. testudinaria
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| Ranularia testudinaria (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
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Description
editThe shell size is between 50 mm and 100 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin, along the Philippines and in the Western Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ a b Ranularia testudinaria (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- Beu, A.G., 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revision of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 178: 1-255
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
External links
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