Charonia

Charonia; Temporal range:
	Apertural view of a shell of Charonia variegata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Charoniidae; Powell, 1933
Genus:	Charonia; Gistel, 1847
Type species
	Charonia tritonis; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Eutriton (incorrect subsequent spelling of Eutritonium); Eutritonium Cossmann, 1904 (objective synonym of Charonia); Triton Montfort, 1810 (Invalid: junior homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758); Triton (Buccinatorium) Mörch, 1877; † Triton (Semiranella) de Gregorio, 1880; Tritonium Röding, 1798 (invalid: junior homonym of Tritonium O.F. Müller, 1776);

Charonia is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the monotypic family Charoniidae.

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