Argobuccinum pustulosum

Argobuccinum pustulosum, common name the pustular triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[2]

Argobuccinum pustulosum
Shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Argobuccinum
Species:
A. pustulosum
Binomial name
Argobuccinum pustulosum
(Lightfoot, 1786)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Argobuccinum argus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Argobuccinum proditor (Frauenfeld, 1865)
  • Argobuccinum proditor proditor (Frauenfeld, 1865)
  • Argobuccinum proditor tristanensis Dell, 1963
  • Argobuccinum pustulosum tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
  • Argobuccinum ranelliforme (King, 1832)
  • Argobuccinum tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
  • Buccinum pustulosum Lightfoot, 1786
  • Bursa (Apollon) proditor Frauenfeld, 1865
  • Bursa tumida Dunker, 1862
  • Cassidea tuberculata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Murex argus Gmelin, 1791
  • Ranella ampullacea Valenciennes, 1858
  • Ranella kingii d'Orbigny, 1841
  • Ranella polyzonalis Lamarck, 1816
  • Ranella vexillum G. B. Sowerby II, 1835
  • Triton ranelliforme King, 1832
  • Tritonium argobuccinum Röding, 1798

Description

The large swollen shell of this species has prominent varices.

The maximum recorded shell length of the synonym Argobuccinum proditor tristanense is 80 mm.[3]

Minimum recorded depth of the synonym Argobuccinum proditor tristanense is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 280 m.[3]

References
  1. Lightfoot J. (1786) A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner and Co. On Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days (...) at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-Garden, Whitehall, by order of the Acting Executrix. pp. i-viii, 3-194. page 88 (Lot 1960).
  2. Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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