🦋 Family

Charoniidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Charoniidae

Charonia tritonis, or giant triton, is a large Indo-Pacific sea snail whose decorative shell is legally traded despite regional protection.

Charonia variegata is a large sea snail with a variable conical shell, wide Atlantic distribution, and depths from 0.3m to 185m.

Charonia lampas is a large marine sea snail with a documented historical use as jewelry and a wind instrument.

Related Families

Cypraeidae 60 species Littorinidae 43 species Naticidae 25 species Strombidae 20 species Calyptraeidae 17 species Cymatiidae 15 species Cassidae 14 species Ovulidae 12 species

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