Species Identification

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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ranellidae triton shells

Genus: Cymatium

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Cymatium amictum
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cymatium caudatum
[Bent-neck triton]

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Max. Length 6.2 cm DL

Cymatium cingulatum
[Poulsen's triton]

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Cymatium comptum
[Dwarf triton]

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Cymatium corrugatum
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Cymatium costatum
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Cymatium cynocephalum
[Doghead triton]

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Cymatium dunkeri
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Cymatium encausticum
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Cymatium exile
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Cymatium femorale
[Angular triton]

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Cymatium flaveolum
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Max. Length 6.2 cm DL

Cymatium gallinago
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Cymatium gibbosum
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Cymatium grandimaculatum
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Cymatium gutturnium
[Long-neck triton]

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Cymatium iredalei
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Cymatium krebsi
[Kreb's hairy triton]

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Max. Length 9.2 cm DL

Cymatium krebsii
[Krebs hairy triton]

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Cymatium martinianum
[Hairy triton]

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Cymatium moritinctum
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Cymatium muricinum
[Shortneck triton]

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Cymatium nicobaricum
[Nicobar hairy triton]

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Cymatium occidentale
[Atlantic ruby triton]

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Cymatium pfeifferianum
[Pfeiffer's hairy triton]

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Max. Length 4.5 cm DL

Cymatium pharcida
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Cymatium pileare
[Common hairy triton]

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Max. Length 24 cm DL

Cymatium raderi
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Cymatium rehderi
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Cymatium ridleyi
[Twisted triton]

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Cymatium sarcostomum
[Rare dog-head triton]

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Max. Length 10 cm ShH

Cymatium sinense
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Cymatium tenuiliratum
[Slender triton]

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Cymatium testudinarium
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Cymatium tigrinum
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Max. Length 3.5 cm DL

Cymatium tranquebaricum
[West African hairy triton]

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Max. Length 4 cm DL

Cymatium trigonum
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Scientific Name Cymatium amictum Cymatium caudatum Cymatium cingulatum Cymatium comptum Cymatium corrugatum Cymatium costatum Cymatium cynocephalum Cymatium dunkeri Cymatium encausticum Cymatium exile Cymatium femorale Cymatium flaveolum Cymatium gallinago Cymatium gibbosum Cymatium grandimaculatum Cymatium gutturnium Cymatium iredalei Cymatium krebsi Cymatium krebsii Cymatium martinianum Cymatium moritinctum Cymatium muricinum Cymatium nicobaricum Cymatium occidentale Cymatium pfeifferianum Cymatium pharcida Cymatium pileare Cymatium raderi Cymatium rehderi Cymatium ridleyi Cymatium sarcostomum Cymatium sinense Cymatium tenuiliratum Cymatium testudinarium Cymatium tigrinum Cymatium tranquebaricum Cymatium trigonum	English Name Angular triton Atlantic ruby triton Bent-neck triton Common hairy triton Doghead triton Dwarf triton Hairy triton Kreb's hairy triton Krebs hairy triton Long-neck triton Nicobar hairy triton Pfeiffer's hairy triton Poulsen's triton Rare dog-head triton Shortneck triton Slender triton Twisted triton West African hairy triton	Distribution Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean. Central Pacific Central Pacific and Weste Eastern Pacific. Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific. Tropical a Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Indo-Pacific and Western Mediterranean Sea. North America. Southwest Pacific Western Atlantic Western Atlantic. Western Atlantic and Indo Western Central Atlantic Western Central Pacific Western Central Pacific a Western Pacific Western Pacific and Weste	Max. Length 3.1 DL 3.5 DL 4 DL 4.5 DL 4.6 DL 5.5 ShH 6.2 DL 7 ShH 7.5 ShH 7.5 SHL 8 DL 9 ShH 9 SHL 9.2 DL 10 ShH 12 ShH 14 ShH 21.2 DL 24 DL	Year 1758 1777 1791 1798 1816 1833 1844 1846 1848 1855 1868 1873 1877 1882 1889 1890 1950 1968 1984

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