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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.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charonia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3246910	https://www.gbif.org/species/3246910
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9634	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9634

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : Charonia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ranellidae : Charonia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Tonnoidea	(Suter 1913)
family	Ranellidae	Gray 1854
subfamily	Cymatiinae	Iredale 1913
genus	Charonia	Gistel 1847

Common Name

triton

Scientific Name

Charonia Gistel, 1847

Name Published In

Gistel, Johannes. 1847. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller drei Reiche. Hoffmann'sche Verlag, Stuttgart.: : 1-626, pls.1-35.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Charonia	genus	belongs to Cymatiidae	stated with evidence	Abbass, 1967
Charonia	genus	belongs to Cymatiidae	stated without evidence	Marasti, 1973
Charonia	genus	belongs to Cymatiidae	stated with evidence	Ladd, 1982
Charonia	genus	belongs to Cymatiinae	implied	Wilson, 1993
Charonia	genus	belongs to Ranellidae	stated with evidence	Lozouet, 1998
Charonia	genus	belongs to Ranellidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 2001
Charonia	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Charonia	genus	belongs to Cymatiinae	stated with evidence	Beu, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

9 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

129 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

marine

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore

Taphonomy

aragonite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Triton

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charonia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Charonia (Charonia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Bursa centrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Charonia angusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Charonia danica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Charonia guichemerrei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Charonia guichemerri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Charonia lampas species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Charonia maculosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Charonia multinodosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Charonia sauliae species	listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Charonia tritonis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Charonia variegata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Charonia veterior species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Charonia weisbordi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Triton atavus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Triton buccinoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Triton connectens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Triton cribrosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Triton heptagonum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Triton obscurus species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Triton obscurus species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Triton oligostirus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Triton ovoideus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Triton quoyi species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Triton sexcostatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Tritonium buwaldi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tritonium centrosum species	listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Tritonium eocenicum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tritonium impressum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tritonium martinezensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tritonium newsomi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Tritonium pulchrum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Tritonium Röding, 1798	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Tritonium*
Tritonellium Mörch, 1877	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Tritonellium*
Semiranella de Gregorio, 1880	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Semiranella*
Septa Dall & Simpson, 1901	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Septa*
Tritouium Monterosato, 1917	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Tritouium*
Eutriton Dautzenberg, 1907	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Eutriton*
Buccinatorium Mörch, 1877	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Buccinatorium*
Eutritonium Cossmann, 1904	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Eutritonium*
Triton Montfort, 1810	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Triton*
Charonis Mörch, 1877	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Charonis*
Tritonidium Gray, 1847	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Tritonidium*
Trito Lesson, 1842	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Trito*
Nyctilochus Dall, 1912	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Nyctilochus*
Tritonis Hall, 1867	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Charoniidae : *Tritonis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1798	Tritonium Röding
1810	Triton Montfort
1848	Charonia Gistel
1877	Buccinatorium Mörch p. 26
1880	Triton (Semiranella) de Gregorio p. 99
1904	Eutritonium Cossmann p. 123
1904	Tritonium Martin p. 224
1967	Charonia Abbass p. 85

Year	Name and Author
1973	Charonia Marasti p. 90
1982	Charonia Ladd p. 41
1993	Charonia Wilson p. 243
1998	Charonia Lozouet p. 94
2001	Charonia Todd
2001	Charonia Wienrich p. 438
2002	Charonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Charonia Beu p. 71

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Martin G. C. (1904) Gastropoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 131-269

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

Ladd H. S. (1982) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171, 1-100

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Lozouet P. (1998) Nouvelles espéces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de L'Oligocéne et di Miocéne inférieur de"Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France), Cossmanniana 5 3-4, 61-102

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Wienrich G. (2001) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein), Gastropoda bis Cancellariidae 3, 385-639

Beu A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia, Scripta Geologica 130, 1-186

Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species

Beu A.G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 178: 1-255. - via World Register of Marine Species

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 886 Purpura Brugui?re and Muricanthus Swainson (Gastropoda): designations of type-species under the Plenary Powers with grant of precedence to Thaididae over Purpuridae.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26, 128-132 (1969) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Handb. Naturges., 1850, 559 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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