Gutturnium muricinum

Gutturnium muricinum, common name the knobbly triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.

Gutturnium muricinum
Apertural view of Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Gutturnium
Species:	G. muricinum
Binomial name
Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
Afrocanidea gemma Connolly, 1929 Cymatium muricinum (Röding, 1798) Cymatium tuberosum (Lamarck, 1822) Distorsio muricinum Röding, 1798 Eutritonium tuberosum (Lamarck, 1822) Litiopa obesa C. B. Adams, 1850 Ranella gyrinata Risso, 1826 Ranularia muricina (Röding, 1798) Ranularia tuberosus (Lamarck, 1822) Triton albocingulatus Deshayes, 1863 Triton antillarum d'Orbigny, 1842 Triton crispus Reeve, 1844 Triton productum Gould, 1852 Triton pyriformis Conrad, 1849 Triton tuberosum Lamarck, 1822 Tritonium (Ranularia) nodulus Tapparone-Canefri, 1881 Tritonium nodulus Link, 1807

Apertural view of Gutturnium muricinum, a subadult specimen

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 75 mm.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 27 m.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

• Deshayes, G. P., 1863 Catalogue des mollusques de l‛Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon), p. 144 p, 14 pls
• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
• Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

External links

• Malacolog info based on the previous species name
• Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
• Connolly, M. (1929). Notes on African non-marine Mollusca, with descriptions of many new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (10) 3 (14): 165-178, pl. 5. London
• Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56-68, 109-123
• Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston. 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16
• amarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
• Link D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock: Adlers Erben. 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1–50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51–100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101–165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1–30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1–38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1–38