WoRMS taxon details
Charonia Gistel, 1847
138425 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138425)
accepted
Genus
Murex tritonis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Eutriton · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling of...)
incorrect subsequent spelling of Eutritonium
Eutritonium Cossmann, 1904 · unaccepted (objective synonym of Charonia)
Eutritonium (Ranularia) Schumacher, 1817 · alternative representation
Triton Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Triton...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758 [Amphibia]
Triton (Buccinatorium) Mörch, 1877 · unaccepted
Triton (Eutritonium) Cossmann, 1904 · unaccepted
Tritonium Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Tritonium O.F. Müller, 1776
Tritonium (Triton) Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Charonia guichemerrei Lozouet, 1998 †
- Species Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Charonia marylenae Petuch & Berschauer, 2020
- Species Charonia seguenzae (Aradas & Benoit, 1871)
- Species Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Charonia veterior Lozouet, 1999 †
- Subgenus Charonia (Charoniella) A. W. B. Powell & Bartrum, 1929 † accepted as Proxicharonia A. W. B. Powell, 1938 (junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Charonia (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873 † accepted as Sassia Bellardi, 1873 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Charonia (Sassia) angusta Traub, 1979 † accepted as Pseudosassia angusta (Traub, 1979) †
- Species Charonia (Sassia) danica Schnetler, 2001 † accepted as Pseudosassia danica (Schnetler, 2001) †
- Species Charonia (Sassia) karynjarynica Amitrov, 1971 † accepted as Pseudosassia karynjarynica (Amitrov, 1971) †
- Species Charonia (Sassia) menkrawitensis Beets, 1941 † accepted as Sassia menkrawitensis (Beets, 1941) †
- Species Charonia (Sassia) tarbelliana (Grateloup, 1833) † accepted as Pseudosassia turrita (Eichwald, 1830) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Charonia arthritica A. W. B. Powell & Bartrum, 1929 † accepted as Sassia arthritica (A. W. B. Powell & Bartrum, 1929) † accepted as Proxicharonia arthritica (A. W. B. Powell & Bartrum, 1929) † (superseded combination)
- Species Charonia capax H. J. Finlay, 1926 accepted as Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Charonia clifdenensis H. J. Finlay, 1924 † accepted as Sassia neozelanica (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923) † (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Charonia crassa (Grateloup, 1847) † accepted as Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Charonia digitalis (Reeve, 1844) accepted as Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1833)
- Species Charonia euclia Hedley, 1914 accepted as Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Charonia grandimaculatus (Reeve, 1844) accepted as Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve, 1844)
- Species Charonia maculosum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Colubraria maculosa (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Charonia mirabilis Parenzan, 1970 accepted as Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Charonia multinodosa Traub, 1979 † accepted as Semiranella multinodosa (Traub, 1979) †
- Species Charonia nodifera (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Charonia poecilostoma (E. von Martens, 1904) accepted as Ranella gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889) (synonym)
- Species Charonia powelli Cotton, 1957 accepted as Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Charonia pustulata (Euthyme, 1889) accepted as Charonia lampas pustulata (Euthyme, 1889) accepted as Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Charonia rubicunda (G. Perry, 1811) accepted as Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Charonia sauliae (Reeve, 1844) accepted as Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Charonia Gistel, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138425 on 2025-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Triton Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 586 [details]
original description (of Tritonium Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Triton (Buccinatorium) Mörch, 1877) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1877). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis Insularum danicarum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 24: 14-66, 93-123., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854685
page(s): 26 [details]
basis of record 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. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686 [details]
page(s): 2: 586 [details]
original description (of Tritonium Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Triton (Buccinatorium) Mörch, 1877) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1877). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis Insularum danicarum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 24: 14-66, 93-123., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854685
page(s): 26 [details]
basis of record 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. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686 [details]
Other
additional source
Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 377-378: 1-550.
page(s): 120-133 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Iredale, T. (1913). The generic name to be used for <i>Murex tritonis</i> Linne. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(4): 55-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752572 [details]
page(s): 120-133 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Iredale, T. (1913). The generic name to be used for <i>Murex tritonis</i> Linne. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(4): 55-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752572 [details]
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