WoRMS taxon details
Charoniidae A. W. B. Powell, 1933
989514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:989514)
accepted
Family
Charoniinae A. W. B. Powell, 1933 · unaccepted
- Genus Charonia Gistel, 1847
- Genus Protocharonia Craig & Tracey, 2020 †
- Genus Semiranella De Gregorio, 1880 †
- Genus Eutriton accepted as Eutritonium Cossmann, 1904 accepted as Charonia Gistel, 1847 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Eutritonium)
- Genus Eutritonium Cossmann, 1904 accepted as Charonia Gistel, 1847 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Nyctilochus Gistel, 1848 accepted as Cymatium Röding, 1798
- Genus Triton Montfort, 1810 accepted as Charonia Gistel, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758 [Amphibia])
- Subfamily Tritoninae Gray, 1847 accepted as Ranellidae Gray, 1854 (Invalid: type genus placed on the Official Index by Opinion 886 [junior homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758])
- Genus Tritonium Röding, 1798 accepted as Charonia Gistel, 1847 (invalid: junior homonym of Tritonium O.F. Müller, 1776)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Powell, A. W. B. (1933). Notes on the taxonomy of the recent Cymatiidae and Naticidae of New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 63: 154–168., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1934-63.2.4.9
page(s): 155 [details]
page(s): 155 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Charoniidae A. W. B. Powell, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=989514 on 2025-12-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Powell, A. W. B. (1933). Notes on the taxonomy of the recent Cymatiidae and Naticidae of New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 63: 154–168., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1934-63.2.4.9
page(s): 155 [details]
original description (of Charoniinae A. W. B. Powell, 1933) Powell, A. W. B. (1933). Notes on the taxonomy of the recent Cymatiidae and Naticidae of New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 63: 154–168., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1934-63.2.4.9 [details]
page(s): 155 [details]
original description (of Charoniinae A. W. B. Powell, 1933) Powell, A. W. B. (1933). Notes on the taxonomy of the recent Cymatiidae and Naticidae of New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 63: 154–168., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1934-63.2.4.9 [details]
Taxonomy
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). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 18-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016 [details]
