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Charonia
Genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Charnia.
Charonia is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the monotypic family Charoniidae.[1][2] They are one of the few natural predators of the crown-of-thorns starfish.
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Charonia | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Charonia variegata | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Charoniidae Powell, 1933 |
Genus: | Charonia Gistel, 1847 |
Type species | |
Charonia tritonis | |
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