Gelagna succincta

Gelagna succincta, common name the lesser girdled triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Gelagna succincta
shell of Gelagna succincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Gelagna
Species:
G. succincta
Binomial name
Gelagna succincta
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium clandestinum (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Cymatium (Linatella) succinctum (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Eutritonium clandestinum Lamarck
  • Linatella clandestina Lamarck
  • Linatella succincta (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Murex succinctus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Neptunea doliata Röding, 1798
  • Triton clandestinus Lamarck, 1816
  • Triton confinis Brancsik, 1896

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean (Tanzania, Madagascar), in the Atlantic Ocean (Gabon, West Africa, Cape Verde) and the Red Sea.[1]
Also reported from Brazil and from South-East Florida.
Beached shells are rarely known from the East coast of Barbados, Lesser Antilles.

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

The maximum recorded shell length is 45 mm.[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 20 m; maximum recorded depth is 20 m.[2]

References
  1. Gelagna succincta (Linnaeus, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2018.
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Further reading
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
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