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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 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are one of the few natural predators of the crown-of-thorns starfish .
Charonia tritonis, common name the Triton's trumpet, the giant triton or pū [1] is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Charoniidae, the tritons. [2] Reaching up to two feet (or 60 cm) in shell length this is one of the biggest mollusks in the coral reef.
The red-rimmed melania (Melanoides tuberculata), [3] [4] also known as Malayan livebearing snails or Malayan/Malaysian trumpet snails (often abbreviated to MTS) by aquarists, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, a parthenogenetic, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
Syrinx aruanus, common name the Australian trumpet or false trumpet, is a species of extremely large sea snail measuring up to 75 cm long and weighing up to 18 kg. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae , and is the only species in the genus Syrinx .
Like other trumpetfish, they eat mainly small fish and often shadow other piscivores while hunting. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Aulostomus strigosus was found to be very closely related to Aulostomus maculatus , strongly supporting the theory that A. strigosus traversed the Atlantic to come to inhabit the Southeast Pacific.
Thiaridae, common name thiarids or trumpet snails, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily ...
The Ranellidae, common name the triton shells or tritons, are a taxonomic family of small to very large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Littorinimorpha. [ 1 ] Distribution
Charonia variegata, the Atlantic triton or Atlantic triton's trumpet, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Charoniidae, the triton snails, triton shells, or tritons.