Species of gastropod
| Ranularia caudata
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| Apertural view of Ranularia caudatua (Gmelin, 1791)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Gastropoda
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| Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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| Order:
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Littorinimorpha
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| Family:
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Cymatiidae
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| Genus:
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Ranularia
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| Species:
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R. caudata
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| Binomial name
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Ranularia caudata
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| Synonyms[1]
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- Buccinum costatum Meuschen, F.C., 1787
- Cymatium (Ranularia) caudatum (Gmelin, J.F., 1791)
- Murex caudatus Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
- Triton canaliferus Lamarck, 1822
- Tritonium varicosum Link, 1807
- Tritonocauda caudata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Tritonocauda caudata vulticula Iredale, 1936
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Ranularia caudata, common name the bent-neck triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
Description
The size of a shell of an adult snail varies between 38 mm and 94 mm.
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along Tanzania.
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References
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