Gutturnium muricinum

Gutturnium muricinum, common name the knobbly triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Apertural view of Gutturnium muricinum, a subadult specimen

Gutturnium muricinum
Apertural view of Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Gutturnium
Species:	G. muricinum
Binomial name
Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
Afrocanidea gemma Connolly, 1929 Cymatium muricinum (Röding, 1798) Cymatium tuberosum (Lamarck, 1822) Distorsio muricinum Röding, 1798 Eutritonium tuberosum (Lamarck, 1822) Litiopa obesa C. B. Adams, 1850 Ranella gyrinata Risso, 1826 Ranularia muricina (Röding, 1798) Ranularia tuberosus (Lamarck, 1822) Triton albocingulatus Deshayes, 1863 Triton antillarum d'Orbigny, 1842 Triton crispus Reeve, 1844 Triton productum Gould, 1852 Triton pyriformis Conrad, 1849 Triton tuberosum Lamarck, 1822 Tritonium (Ranularia) nodulus Tapparone-Canefri, 1881 Tritonium nodulus Link, 1807

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 75 mm.^[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 27 m.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.