Fusitriton
Encyclopedia
Fusitriton is a genus
of large predatory sea snail
s marine
gastropod molluscs in the family Ranellidae
, the tritons.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of large predatory sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family Ranellidae
Ranellidae
Ranellidae, common name the triton shells or tritons, is a taxonomic family of small to very large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Subfamilies:...
, the tritons.
Species
Species within the genus Fusitroton include:- Fusitriton brasiliensisFusitriton brasiliensisFusitriton brasiliensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons....
Cossignani & Cossignani, 2003 - Fusitriton oregonensisFusitriton oregonensisThe Oregon hairy triton, Fusitriton oregonensis, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the tritons....
- Fusitriton retiolusFusitriton retiolusFusitriton retiolus is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.- Distribution :This species occurs in:* Australia* New Zealand....