Charonia variegata

Charonia variegata
	A live C. variegata feeding on a starfish
	Two views of a shell of C. variegata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Charoniidae
Genus:	Charonia
Species:	C. variegata
Binomial name
	Charonia variegata; (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms
	List Charonia atlantica E. Bowdich, 1822 ; Charonia tritonis variegata Lamarck, 1816 ; Triton atlantica Bowditch, 1822 ; Tritonium sulcatum A. Risso, 1826 ; Triton nobilis Conrad, 1848 ; Triton variegata Lamarck, 1816 (basionym) ; Charonia nobilis T. A. Conrad, 1849 ; Charonia seguenziae (Aradas & Benoit, 1872) ; Charonia variegatus Reeve ; Triton seguenziae Aradas & Benoit, 1872 (basionym) ;

Charonia variegata, the Atlantic triton or Atlantic triton's trumpet, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Charoniidae, the triton snails, triton shells, or tritons.

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