Charonia

Not to be confused with Charnia.

Charonia
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Present
Apertural view of a shell of Charonia variegata
Scientific classification Edit this 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

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Eutriton (incorrect subsequent spelling of Eutritonium)
  • Eutritonium Cossmann, 1904 (objective synonym of Charonia)
  • Triton Montfort, 1810 (Invalid: junior homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Triton (Buccinatorium) Mörch, 1877
  • † Triton (Semiranella) de Gregorio, 1880
  • Tritonium Röding, 1798 (invalid: junior homonym of Tritonium O.F. Müller, 1776)
X-ray image of the shell of Charonia lampas

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.

  1. ^ a b Charonia Gistel, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  2. ^ Charoniidae Powell, 1933. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.