Charonia
Sign in to saveright|thumb|X-ray image of the shell of Charonia lampas
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyCharoniidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded8,809
Die Tritonshörner (Charonia) sind eine Schneckengattung aus der Familie der Tritonschnecken, die in allen tropischen Regionen der Weltmeere vertreten ist. Alle drei derzeit akzeptierten Arten sind sehr groß und leben von Stachelhäutern.
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Charonia re.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Charonia
- taxon name
- Charonia
- start time
- 94300000-0
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Fossil records
- Description
- Distribution
- Life habits
- Feeding behavior
- Species and subspecies
- References
- External links
right|thumb|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'''. They are one of the few natural predators of the crown-of-thorns starfish.
Gallery (4)
Connections
Mollusca
Entity
Charonia variegata
Entity
Colubraria maculosa
Entity
Brazil
Country
Animalia
Entity
North Carolina
Entity
Carl Linnaeus
Entity
muscle
Entity
Sex
Concept
Wikidata
Entity
Greek mythology
Entity
genus
Entity
X-ray
Entity
fossil
Entity
tropics
Entity
Poseidon
Entity
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Entity
taxonomy
Entity
Gastropoda
Entity
starfish
Entity