Cymatium pileare

Cymatium (Septa) pileare
A shell of Cymatium (Septa) pileare with the periostracum removed, anterior end at the bottom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Genus: Cymatium
Subgenus: Septa
Species: C. (Septa) pileare
Binomial name
Cymatium (Septa) pileare
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) pileare orientalis Garcia-Talavera, 1987
  • Cymatium (Septa) pileare (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cymatium martinianum d'Orbigny, 1847
  • Cymatium prima Pilsbry, 1945
  • Cymatium vestitum insulare Pilsbry, 1921
  • Dissentoma velei Calkins, 1878
  • Litiopa effusa C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Murex pilearis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Saginafusus pricei perficus Iredale, 1931

Cymatium (Septa) pileare, common name the hairy triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the tritons. [2]

Subspecies

Distribution

This species is widespread in the Atlantic, in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Western Pacific from East and South Africa, to eastern Polynesia, north to southern Japan and Hawaii and south to southern Queensland. [3][4][5][6]

Habitat

This tropical benthic sea snails can be found at a depth range of 0 - 50 m. [5] They mainly live on hard and coarse detritic bottoms, in coral reef areas. [6]

A shell of Cymatium pileare from Maluku Islands, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano

Description

Shells of Cymatium pileare can reach a size of 38–140 millimetres (1.5–5.5 in).[3] These large shells are elongate with a tall spire and a strongly inflated body whorl. They show a yellowish-brown surface with chestnut- brown spiral ribs. The columella and the aperture are dark brown with white teeth. [7] The outer sculpture is relatively fine, with long inner ridges of the outer lip, extending deep into the aperture. [6]

Biology

These sea snails are active predators. They are reported as feeding on bivalves. Eggs are laid on the substrate in large capsules clustered in masses. [6]

A shell of Cymatium pileare

References

  1. ↑ Biolib
  2. ↑ WoRMS : Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus, 1758)
  3. 1 2 Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods
  4. ↑ Galli C.: WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
  5. 1 2 Sea Life Base
  6. 1 2 3 4 Cymatium pileare at FAO.org
  7. ↑ Angeline Myra Keen Sea Shells of Tropical West America: Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru

Bibliography


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