Gyrineum pusillum

Gyrineum pusillum, common name the purple gyron triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Gyrineum pusillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Gyrineum
Species:
G. pusillum
Binomial name
Gyrineum pusillum
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Apollon pusillus (Broderip, 1833)
  • Gyrineum pusilla (Brodrip, 1833) (Spelling variation)
  • Gyrineum pusillus Broderip (Spelling vatiation)
  • Ranella pusilla Broderip, 1833 (basionym)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Aldabra

References
  1. Gyrineum pusillum (Broderip, 1833) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2018.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Beu A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea
  • "Gyrineum pusillum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 March 2012.


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