Ranularia trilineata, common name : the Three-lined Triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
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| Apertural view of Ranularia trilineata (Reeve, 1844) with operculum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Ranularia |
| Species: | R. trilineata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ranularia trilineata (Reeve, 1844)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 38 mm and 90 mm
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
edit- ^ a b Ranularia trilineata (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
External links
edit- "Cymatium (Ranularia) trilineatum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 November 2010.