Species Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murex tritonis Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [754].

  Type data:

   Lectotype LS, Ambon Island (Amboina), Indonesia.
• Triton marmoratum Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [122].
• Triton imbricata Adams, W.H.D. 1868. The Mysteries of the Ocean. London : T. Nelson & Sons 470 pp. [268, fig. 1].

 

Generic Combinations

• Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [243, pl. 41, fig. 14]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, to the Galapagos and Cocos Islands

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand, subtidal.

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [111, pl. 1, fig. 3]

Beu, A.G. 1970. The mollusca of the Genus Charonia (Family Cymatiidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences 16 11: 205-223, pls 1-5 [207, pl. 1, figs 1-4] (as C. tritonis tritonis)

Beu, A.G. 1970. The mollusca of the Genus Charonia (Family Cymatiidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences 16 11: 205-223, pls 1-5 [209, pl. 2, figs 5, 7]

Beu, A.G. 1971. Some synonymies in the molluscan family Cymatiidae. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 2 2: 101-111 [102]

Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 178: 1-256 [66, fig. 20a]

Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120 [90-91]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1967. The Bursidae, Cymatiidae and Colubrariidae of Fiji. Veliger 9(3): 310-329 [326, pl. 46, fig. 27]

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [118, fig. 353]

Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. The Great Barrier Reef and adjacent isles: a comprehensive survey for visitor, naturalist and photographer. Sydney : Coral Press 209 pp. [80, pl. 70]

Hedley, C. 1922. How savages use the sea shells. Australian Museum Magazine. 163-167 pp. [167, text fig.]

Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [43, pl. 7, fig. 1] (as C. tritonis tritonis)

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [14, fig. 1]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [215, figs 76A, 77F]

Ladd, H.S. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; gastropods (Eulimidae and Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 1171: i-iv, pls 1-20 [41, pl. 7, figs 11, 12]

McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [76]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [67, pl. 7, fig. 8]

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [306, fig. 177]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [82, fig. 258]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [243, pl. 41, fig. 14]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [76, pl. 52, fig. 1]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [111, pl. 1, fig. 3] (Trumpet Shell)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [118] (Giant Triton Shell)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	11-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED