Ranella australasia

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

Abapertural view of a shell of Ranella australasia

Ranella australasia
Apertural view of a shell of Ranella australasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ranellidae
Genus:	Ranella
Species:	R. australasia
Binomial name
Ranella australasia (Perry, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
Biplex australasia Perry, 1811 Mayena australasia australasia (Perry, 1811) Mayena australasia benthicola Iredale, 1929 Mayena australasia blacki Powell, 1954 Mayena australasia vossi Powell, 1952 Mayena euclia Cotton, 1945 Mayena kurtzei Cotton, 1957 Mayena zelandica Finlay, 1926 Ranella leucostoma Lamarck, 1822

Distribution

THis species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia