Rose Triton

Gyrineum roseum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species possibly intergrades clinally with G. pusillum; DNA analysis would help. ^[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tahiti and in the Coral Sea.

Gyrineum roseum, abapertural view

References

• Beu, A.G., 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revision of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 178: 1-255
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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