Priene scabrum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.
Description The length of the shell attains 52 mm.
The solid shell is ventricose. The whorls are rounded with few varices. The siphonal canal is short. The outer lip is dentated internally.Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
Distribution This marine species occurs in the South Pacific Ocean off South America.
References
Coen G. (1947). Appunti di malacologia mediterranea. - Emarginula dubia n. sp. - Sul Murex sofiae Ar. e Ben. - Su un nuovo genere di Buccinide- Sulle Tritonalia Fleming 1828 (= Ocinebra Gray 1824)- Di una nuova forma monstruosa di Murex brandaris. Acta Pontifica Academia Scientiarum. 11(7): 79–92. Romero, M., Lohrmann, K., Bellolio, G. & Dupré, E. (2003). Comparative Observations on Reproduction, Spawning, and Early Veligers of Three Common Subtidal Mesogastropods from North Central Chile. The Veliger. 46(1):50-59 Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.
External links
King, P. P. (1832). Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. Zoological Journal. 5(125): 332-349 Broderip, W. J. (1833). Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1: 4-8 Nielsen, S. N. (2013). A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile. Paläontologische Zeitschrift Springer. 87: 33-66