Ranularia cynocephala

Ranularia cynocephala is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Ranularia cynocephala
Apertural view of a shell of Ranularia cynocephala (Lamarck, 1816)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Ranularia
Species:	R. cynocephala
Binomial name
Ranularia cynocephala (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
Cymatium (Ranularia) caribbaeum Clench & Turner, 1957 Cymatium (Ranularia) sarcostumum Clench & Turner 1957 Cymatium cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816) Cymatium moritinctum (Reeve, 1844) Eutritonium moritinctum Reeve Triton cynocephalum Lamarck, 1816 Triton moritinctus Reeve, 1844

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 84 mm.^[2]

Habitat and distribution

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 137 m.^[2]