Global Information Lookup Global Information

Charonia information


Charonia
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Present
PreꞒ
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
Apertural view of a shell of Charonia variegata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Charoniidae
Powell, 1933
Genus: Charonia
Gistel, 1847
Type species
Charonia tritonis
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Eutriton (incorrect subsequent spelling of Eutritonium)
  • Eutritonium Cossmann, 1904 (objective synonym of Charonia)
  • Triton Montfort, 1810 (Invalid: junior homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Triton (Buccinatorium) Mörch, 1877
  • Triton (Semiranella) de Gregorio, 1880
  • Tritonium Röding, 1798 (invalid: junior homonym of Tritonium O.F. Müller, 1776)
X-ray image of the shell of Charonia lampas

Charonia is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the monotypic family Charoniidae.[1][2] They are one of the few natural predators of the crown-of-thorns starfish.

  1. ^ a b Charonia Gistel, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  2. ^ Charoniidae Powell, 1933. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.

and 22 Related for: Charonia information

Request time (Page generated in 0.55 seconds.)

Charonia

Last Update:

Charonia is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the monotypic family...

Word Count : 756

Charonia tritonis

Last Update:

Charonia tritonis, common name the Triton's trumpet, the giant triton or pū is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family...

Word Count : 416

Charonia variegata

Last Update:

Charonia variegata, the Atlantic triton or Atlantic triton's trumpet, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Charoniidae...

Word Count : 549

Charonia lampas

Last Update:

Charonia lampas is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Charoniidae. This marine species has a wide distribution:...

Word Count : 703

Charonias

Last Update:

Charonias is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Charonias eurytele (Hewitson, 1853) Charonias theano (Boisduval, 1836) Wikimedia...

Word Count : 32

Lotoria grandimaculata

Last Update:

 grandimaculata Binomial name Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844) Synonyms Charonia grandimaculatus Reeve, 1844 Cymatium grandimaculatum (Reeve, 1844) Cymatium...

Word Count : 229

Colubraria maculosa

Last Update:

Species: C. maculosa Binomial name Colubraria maculosa Gmelin, 1790 Synonyms Charonia maculosum (Gmelin, 1791) (new combination) Colubraria granulata Schumacher...

Word Count : 91

Kaniska canace

Last Update:

Nicéville, 1896) (Sumatra) K. c. benguetana (Semper, 1888) (Luzon) K. c. charonia (Drury, 1770) K. c. charonides (Stichel, [1908]) (Ussuri River) K. c. drilon...

Word Count : 1091

Conch

Last Update:

are the sacred chank or shankha Turbinella pyrum, the Triton's trumpet Charonia tritonis, and the queen conch Strombus gigas. One of the most famous musical...

Word Count : 2757

Aegean Sea

Last Update:

legislation, several illegal species such as the molluscs Pinna nobilis, Charonia tritonis and Lithophaga lithophaga, can be bought in restaurants and fish...

Word Count : 5408

PU

Last Update:

Pona: The Language of Good "Pu", a song by Arca from Kick IIIII pū, the Charonia tritonis PU, an abbreviation of Power Unlimited, a Dutch video games magazine...

Word Count : 440

Dardanus calidus

Last Update:

7 in). It uses large gastropod shells, such as those of Tonna galea and Charonia species, which it often decorates with one or more sea anemones of the...

Word Count : 301

Registry of World Record Size Shells

Last Update:

broderipii Volutidae Gastropoda 402.5 Charonia lampas Ranellidae Gastropoda 395.5 Pinna carnea Pinnidae Bivalvia 395.0 Charonia tritonis variegata Ranellidae...

Word Count : 5602

Seashell

Last Update:

known as "dung-dkar". The Triton shell also known as "Triton's trumpet" Charonia tritonis which is used as a trumpet in Melanesian and Polynesian culture...

Word Count : 4788

Maculotriton

Last Update:

pulicaris Lesson, 1842 Buccinum serriale Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1834 Charonia digitalis (Reeve, 1844) Clathurella epidelia (Duclos in Chenu, 1848) Clathurella...

Word Count : 178

Horagai

Last Update:

Horagai (法螺貝) (or jinkai 陣貝) are large conch shells, usually from Charonia tritonis, that have been used as trumpets in Japan for many centuries. The instrument...

Word Count : 510

Anand Satyanand

Last Update:

Tern or Tara (Sterna striata) volant proper between three Trumpet Shells (Charonia tritonis) palewise and in centre chief a Pair of Scales Or. Supporters...

Word Count : 2488

Tetrodotoxin

Last Update:

shellfish poisoning with very similar symptoms and signs. The trumpet shell Charonia sauliae has been implicated in food poisonings, and evidence suggests it...

Word Count : 6817

Aliger gigas

Last Update:

spp., the muricid snail Phyllonotus margaritensis, the trumpet triton Charonia variegata and the tulip snail Fasciolaria tulipa. Crustaceans are also...

Word Count : 7475

Linckia laevigata

Last Update:

reef inhabitants prey on this species of sea star. Various pufferfishes, Charonia species (triton shells), harlequin shrimp, and even some sea anemones have...

Word Count : 857

Prehistoric music

Last Update:

Horn was discovered in the Marsoulas cave in 1931, which is made of a Charonia lampus shell. Dating back to the early Magdalenian period, it was modified...

Word Count : 4463

Tritonium

Last Update:

(given by Cossman in 1903); this makes this name an objective synonym of Charonia Gistel, 1847. Neither of these original names is valid. Confusion increased...

Word Count : 235

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net