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Charonia variegata
Species of gastropod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charonia variegata, the Atlantic triton or Atlantic triton's trumpet, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Charoniidae, the triton snails, triton shells, or tritons.[2]
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Charonia variegata | |
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A live C. variegata feeding on a starfish | |
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Two views of a shell of C. variegata | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Charoniidae |
Genus: | Charonia |
Species: | C. variegata |
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Charonia variegata | |
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