Priene scabrum

Priene scabrum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.^[1]

Priene scabrum
Shell of Priene scabrum (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Ranellidae
Genus:	Priene
Species:	P. scabrum
Binomial name
Priene scabrum (King, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
Argobuccinum rude (Broderip, 1833) Argobuccinum scabrum (King, 1832) Liohindsia dimidiata Coen, 1947 Ranella scabra (P. P. King, 1832) superseded combination Triton rudis Broderip, 1833 Triton scaber King, 1832

Description

The length of the shell attains 52 mm.

The solid shell is ventricose. The whorls are rounded with few varices. The siphonal canal is short. The outer lip is dentated internally.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South Pacific Ocean off South America.