Charonia Temporal range:
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Apertural view of a shell of Charonia variegata | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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.