Gyrineum pusillum

Gyrineum pusillum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Gyrineum
Species:	G. pusillum
Binomial name
	Gyrineum pusillum; (Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms
	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 Cymatiidae.^[1]

Description

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

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

Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
Beu A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea

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