Gyrineum gyrinum

Species of gastropod

Gyrineum gyrinum
Five views of a shell of Gyrineum gyrinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Gyrineum
Species:
G. gyrinum
Binomial name
Gyrineum gyrinum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Biplex variegata Perry, 1811
  • Gyrineum verrucosum Link, 1807
  • Murex gyrinum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Ranella ranina Lamarck, 1816

Gyrineum gyrinum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Description

This species attains a size around 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea
and off Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Gyrineum gyrinum (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2018.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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  • Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
  • Link D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock: Adlers Erben
  • Beu A.G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 178: 1-255
Taxon identifiers
Gyrineum gyrinum


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