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Ranularia caudata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Ranellidae

Scientific name
  
Ranularia caudata

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Tonnoidea

Subfamily
  
Cymatiinae

Rank
  
Species

Ranularia caudata

Ranularia caudata, common name the bent-neck triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.

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Description

The size of a shell of an adult snail varies between 38 mm and 94 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along Tanzania.

References

Ranularia caudata Wikipedia