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Taxonomy
Family:
CHARONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Charoniidae (Family)
> Charonia (Genus)
> tritonis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Eutritonium tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Murex tritonis Linnaeus, 1758
=Septa tritonia Perry, 1810
=Triton imbricata W.H.D. Adams, 1868
=Triton marmoratum Link, 1807
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Taxonomy
Family:
CHARONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Charoniidae (Family)
> Charonia (Genus)
> tritonis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Eutritonium tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Murex tritonis Linnaeus, 1758
=Septa tritonia Perry, 1810
=Triton imbricata W.H.D. Adams, 1868
=Triton marmoratum Link, 1807
Details: Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution:
Indo-Pacific, East Africa to Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, northern Australia, Kermadecs, Occasional empty shells wash ashore on Northland east coast beaches, but not taken alive
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.220)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.168)
  • Beu, A.G. 1970 The Mollusca of the Genus Charonia (Family Cymatiidae), Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 11(16) (p.208)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1967 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 6, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(3) (p.187)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil