Gyrineum lacunatum

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

Gyrineum lacunatum
Shell of Gyrineum lacunatum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Gyrineum
Species:
G. lacunatum
Binomial name
Gyrineum lacunatum
(Mighels, 1845)
Synonyms[1]

Apollon deliberatus Iredale, 1936
Apollon facetus Iredale, 1936
Apollon pusillus cuspidataeformis Kira, 1956
Gyrineum nanshaensis Zhang, 2004
Gyrineum pusillum auctt
Ranella chemnitzii Küster in Küster & Kobelt, 1871
Ranella polychloros Tapparone-Canefri, 1875
Ranella saggita Küster in Küster & Kobelt, 1871
Triton lacunatum Mighels, 1845

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar; also off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Gyrineum lacunatum (Mighels, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2018.
  • Zhang. 2004. New records and newly identified species description of Tonnacea found in the Nansha Islands. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 35(2) : 156-158
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • 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


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