Turritriton labiosus

Turritriton labiosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropodaclade Hypsogastropodaclade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Ranellidae
Genus:	Turritriton
Species:	T. labiosus
Binomial name
Turritriton labiosus (W. Wood, 1828)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Cabestana labiosa Powell, 1933 Cabestana (Turritriton) labiosa (Wood, 1828) Cymatium (Cabestana) labiosum (Wood, 1828) · accepted, alternate representation Cymatium labiosum (Wood, 1828) Murex labiosus Wood, 1828 Triton (Gutturnium) orientalis G. & H. Nevill, 1874 Triton loebbeckei Lischke, 1870 Triton loroisi Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 Triton loroisii Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 Triton orientale G. & H. Nevill, 1874 Triton strangei A. Adams & Angas, 1864 Tritonium rutilum Menke, 1843 Turritriton labiosa Beu, 1971

Turritriton labiosus,^[2] also known as Cymatium labiosum,^[3] is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 30 mm.^[4]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0.2 m; the maximum recorded depth is 91 m.^[4]

References

1. Wood W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus or a catalogue of shells, British and foreign London. privately published, pp. VI + 59 + 8 pl.
2. WoRMS (2010). Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476594 on 2011-02-17
3. "Cymatium labiosum". CLEMAM, accessed 17 February 2011.
4. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

External links

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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• Gofas, S. (2010). Cymatium labiosum (Wood W., 1828). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141106 on 2011-02-17