Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Ranellidae > Subfamily Cymatiinae > Genus Charonia

Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Charonia*	Gistl, 1847	accepted genus name
*Triton*	Montfort, 1810	later homonym
*Triton*	Montfort, 1810	synonym
*Tritonium*	Röding, 1798	synonym

Species group names

*Triton seguenzae*	Aradas & Benoit, 1872	basionym
*Triton variegatum*	Lamarck, 1816	basionym
*Charonia tritonis variegata*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Triton atlantica*	Bowdich, 1822	synonym
*Triton nobilis*	Conrad, 1849	synonym
*Triton seguenzae*	Aradas & Benoit, 1872	synonym
*Triton variegatum*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Tritonium sulcatum*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Μπουρού; Πολύχρωμος τρίτωνας

Literature

basis of record	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
additional source	Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
additional source	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Beu A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea. Pers.com.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Barcode of Life
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181006