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Charonia tritonis, common name Triton's trumpet, is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons. The shell of the giant triton, Charonia tritonis prey on echinoderms including the crown-of-thorns sea star Acanthaster planci.
All reports of Charonia tritonis in the Mediterranean are Charonia variegata!
Synonyms:
Eutritonium tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Murex tritonis Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Septa tritonia Perry, 1810
Triton imbricata W. H. D. Adams, 1868
Triton marmoratum Link, 1807