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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Ranellidae

Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816)


Range: 34.39°N to 17°S; 97.28°W to 0°W
Depth: 0.3 to 110 m (live 0.3 to 45 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 374  mm

Synonymy

Tritonium tritonis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Murex tritonis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Buccinum neptuni Lightfoot, 1786
Triton variegatus Lamarck, 1816
Tritonia atlantica Bowdich, 1822
Tritonium sulcatum Risso, 1826
Triton nobilis Conrad, 1848
Septa nobilis (Conrad, 1848) 
Tritonium seguenzae Aradas & Benoit, 1871
Triton commutatus Kobelt, 1876
Tritonium major Pallary, 1938
Tritonium minor Pallary, 1938

Details


Triton variegatum Lamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 178-179], pl. 421, figs. 2a-b
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Les mers de l'Asie
Range: 34.39°N to 17°S; 97.28°W to 0°W
Depth: 0.3 to 110 m (live 0.3 to 45 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 374 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; USA: Flower Garden Banks; Mexico: Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon, Miranda, Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita, Los Testigos; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, Berry Islands, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, Cat Island, Exuma (Great or Little), Long Island, Mayaguana, Inagua (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Holguin, Guantanamo; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico: Mona Island; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, Virgin Gorda; St. Kitts/St. Christopher; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad, Tobago; Surinam, Brazil: Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia; Ascension Island; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena
References: Moore (1958b) W; Percharde (1972) L; J. Gibson-Smith (1976); Porter & Safrit (1981) N; Beu (1998) c; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Vegas Torres (2004)
Comments: Often treated as a subspecies of the Indo-Pacific Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758), but Beu (1998) considers C. variegata a full species.

Tritonia atlantica Bowdich, 1822, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Montfort
References: Clench & Turner (1957) s

Triton commutatus Kobelt, 1876, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Dunker
Distribution: Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe
References: Clench & Turner (1957) s

Tritonium seguenzai var. major Pallary, 1938, p. 29, Not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Syrie [Lebanon or Syria]
Maximum Reported Size: 310 mm
References: Pallary (1938) M; Robinson (1991) s
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Tritonium seguenzai var. minor Pallary, 1938, p. 29, Not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Beyrouth; Fadaousse
References: Robinson (1991) s
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Buccinum neptuni Lightfoot, 1786, p. 29, 35, 97, 174, not figured
[Not available]
Attributed to: Solander MS
Type Locality: West Indies
Comments: Nude name.

Triton nobilis Conrad, 1848, 
[Synonym]
Range: 32.3°N to 12°S; 82.5°W to 36°W
Depth: 40 m
Maximum Reported Size: 280 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Colombia, Venezuela: Los Testigos; Bermuda, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Holguin; Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1877b) N; Dautzenberg (1900) Dd; Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) W; Lange de Morretes (1949) SE; Clench & Turner (1957) s
Combining Genera:  Septa

Tritonium seguenzae Aradas & Benoit, 1871, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1957) s

Triton sulcatum Risso, 1826, p. 204, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Europe méridionale
Maximum Reported Size: 200 mm
References: Risso (1826) M; Sabelli et al. (1990) s

Murex tritonis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, 
[Not available]
Range: 13.3°N to 10.5°N; 68°W to 61.3°W
Distribution: Venezuela: Carabobo; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW
Comments: Misidentification.
Combining Genera:  Tritonium


Partial List of References

Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature  [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris.
Pallary, P. 1938. Les mollusques marins de la Syrie Journal de Conchyliologie 82 5-58.
Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale 4 [iii] + vii + 439 pp., 12 pls. F.-G. Levrault: Paris.
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum  viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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