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Atlantic trumpet triton

Charonia tritonis

Classification

Charonia tritonis, common name the Triton's trumpet, the giant triton or pū is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Charoniidae, the tritons. Reaching up to two feet (or 60 cm) in shell length this is one of the biggest mollusks in the coral reef. Distribution This species is found throughout the Indo-Pacific Oceans, Red Sea included.

Distribution

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