Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Charonia tritonis
triton, Triton
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily
Tonnoidea
Family
Charoniidae
Genus
Charonia
Species
tritonis
Taxon category: Accepted
CDRS: 1190. Syn.: Eutritonium tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758), Murex tritonis Linnaeus, 1758, Septa tritonia Perry, 1810 (synonym), Triton marmoratum Link, 1807 (synonym), Triton umbricata W.H.D. Adams, 1868, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Kay, E.A. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos. Determinants of insular marine Faunas. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 235-252.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Charonia tritonis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10257. Accessed 31 October 2026.