Argobuccinum pustulosum
| Argobuccinum pustulosum | |
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| Argobuccinum pustulosum shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Ranellidae |
| Subfamily: | Ranellinae |
| Genus: | Argobuccinum |
| Species: | A. pustulosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Argobuccinum argus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Argobuccinum pustulosum, common name the pustular triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[3]
Description
The large swollen shell of this species has prominent varices.
References
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225658 on 2016-07-09
- ↑ Argobuccinum pustulosum (Solander in Lightfoot, 1786). WoRMS (2010). Argobuccinum pustulosum (Solander in Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225658 on 27 June 2010.