Charonia tritonis

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Name: view 1
View of: Charonia tritonis
Type of resource: still image
Media type: image/tiff
Publisher: Digital object published by Biology Department, Western Washington University.
Physical location: Western Washington University
Identifier (local): Dept_00220_01
Identifier (mabel PID): wwu:41914

Description

Name: Charonia tritonis
Name variants: Genus-species: Charonia tritonis
Old genus-species: Tritonalia tritonis
Description: Very Large cream shell with brown markings. One of the largest and most beautiful shells of the world.
Note: Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Known habitat: Hawaiian Islands S. throughout Polynesia and South Seas to New Zealand through Islands of E. Indies and into the Indian Ocean.
Author citation: Linnaeus, 1758
Collection: Departmental Shell Collection
Type of resource: still image
Media type: image/tiff
Publisher: Digital object published by Biology Department, Western Washington University.
Physical location: Western Washington University
Identifier (local): Dept_00220
Identifier (mabel PID): wwu:41878