Maculotriton serriale

Maculotriton serriale is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Maculotriton serriale
Two views of s shell of Maculotriton serriale (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Maculotriton
Species:
M. serriale
Binomial name
Maculotriton serriale
(Deshayes in Laborde, L.E.J. & M. Linant, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum pulicaris Lesson, 1842
  • Buccinum serriale Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1834
  • Charonia digitalis (Reeve, 1844)
  • Clathurella epidelia (Duclos in Chenu, 1848)
  • Clathurella pulicaris (Lesson, 1842)
  • Clathurella waterhouseae Brazier, 1896
  • Colubraria bracteata (Hinds, 1844)
  • Colubraria digitalis (Reeve, 1844)
  • Columbella epidelia Duclos in Chenu, 1848
  • Columbella pulicaris Lesson, 1842
  • Epidromus bracteatus (Hinds, 1844)
  • Eutriton digitalis (Reeve, 1844)
  • Eutriton digitalis var. seurati Couturier, 1907
  • Eutritonium digitale (Reeve, 1844)
  • Maculotriton bracteatus (Hinds, 1844)
  • Maculotriton bracteatus longus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1904
  • Maculotriton digitale (Reeve, 1844)
  • Triton angulatus Reeve, 1844
  • Triton bacillum Reeve, 1844
  • Triton bracteatus Hinds, 1844
  • Triton bracteatus longus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1904
  • Triton digitale Reeve, 1844
  • Triton lativaricosus Reeve, 1844
  • Tritonidea petterdi Brazier, 1872

It is difficult to find differences between Maculotriton serriale and Maculotriton digitalis (and its synonyms) when one considers shell characters only.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and off New Zealand and North and East Australia.

References
  1. Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
  • "Maculotriton serriale". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 October 2010.


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