Charonia
Sign in to saveright|thumb|X-ray image of the shell of Charonia lampas
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyCharoniidae
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ranellidae
- Image
- Charonia re.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Fossil records
- Description
- Distribution
- Life habits
- Feeding behavior
- Species and subspecies
- References
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right|thumb|X-ray image of the shell of Charonia lampas
Charonia is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as '''Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the monotypic family Charoniidae'''. They are one of the few natural predators of the crown-of-thorns starfish.