species: Ranularia exilis in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Animalia > Mollusca > Gastropoda > Caenogastropoda > Littorinimorpha > Tonnoidea > Cymatiidae > Ranularia > Ranularia exilis (gallery)

Ranularia exilis

©Barbara Banks: Ranularia exilis at Lizard Island. Thanks to Dr Richard Willan (NT Museum) for the identification (as Cymatium exile).

©Barbara Banks: Ranularia exilis at Lizard Island

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Mollusca

Class Gastropoda

Order Littorinimorpha

Family Cymatiidae

Genus Ranularia

Species Ranularia exilis

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Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Dr Richard Willan (NT Museum) notes that the photographed specimen may be the first record of this species from Australia.

by Anne Hoggett