World Register of Deep-Sea species - Charoniidae A. W. B. Powell, 1933

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Charoniidae A. W. B. Powell, 1933

AphiaID

989514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:989514)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Charonia Gistel, 1847

Parent

Tonnoidea Suter, 1913 (1825)

Original name

Charoniidae A. W. B. Powell, 1933

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Genus Charonia Gistel, 1847
Genus Triton Montfort, 1810 accepted as Charonia Gistel, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758 [Amphibia])
Genus Tritonium Röding, 1798 accepted as Charonia Gistel, 1847 (invalid: junior homonym of Tritonium O.F. Müller, 1776)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Powell, A. W. B. (1933). Notes on the taxonomy of the recent Cymatiidae and Naticidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 63: 154–168., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1934-63.2.4.9
page(s): 155 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Charoniidae A. W. B. Powell, 1933. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=989514 on 2026-08-07

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Charoniidae A. W. B. Powell, 1933. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=989514 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-04-13 08:26:41Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-10-04 23:41:37Z

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2025-07-23 12:20:36Z

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original description Powell, A. W. B. (1933). Notes on the taxonomy of the recent Cymatiidae and Naticidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 63: 154–168., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1934-63.2.4.9
page(s): 155 [details]

status source Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 18-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016 [details] Available for editors

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