Priene scabrum

Priene scabrum
Shell of Priene scabrum (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Genus: Priene
Species:
P. scabrum
Binomial name
Priene scabrum
(King, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Argobuccinum rude (Broderip, 1833)
  • Argobuccinum scabrum (King, 1832)
  • Liohindsia dimidiata Coen, 1947
  • Ranella scabra (P. P. King, 1832) superseded combination
  • Triton rudis Broderip, 1833
  • Triton scaber King, 1832

Priene scabrum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 52 mm.

The solid shell is ventricose. The whorls are rounded with few varices. The siphonal canal is short. The outer lip is dentated internally.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South Pacific Ocean off South America.

References

  1. ^ a b Priene scabrum (King, 1832). WoRMS (2010). Priene scabrum (King, 1832). 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=476542 on 27 June 2010 .
  2. ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  • Coen G. (1947). Appunti di malacologia mediterranea. - Emarginula dubia n. sp. - Sul Murex sofiae Ar. e Ben. - Su un nuovo genere di Buccinide- Sulle Tritonalia Fleming 1828 (= Ocinebra Gray 1824)- Di una nuova forma monstruosa di Murex brandaris. Acta Pontifica Academia Scientiarum. 11(7): 79–92.
  • Romero, M., Lohrmann, K., Bellolio, G. & Dupré, E. (2003). Comparative Observations on Reproduction, Spawning, and Early Veligers of Three Common Subtidal Mesogastropods from North Central Chile. The Veliger. 46(1):50-59
  • Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.
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