Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Charoniidae > Genus Charonia

Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Charonia*	Gistel, 1847	accepted genus name
*Triton*	Montfort, 1810	junior homonym
*Tritonium*	Röding, 1798	junior homonym
*Eutritonium*	Cossmann, 1904	synonym

Species group names

*Charonia tritonis variegata*	(Lamarck, 1816)	synonym
*Triton atlantica*	Bowdich, 1822	synonym
*Triton nobilis*	Conrad, 1849	synonym
*Triton variegatum*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Tritonium sulcatum*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic triton sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Atlantisches Tritonshorn sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Μπουρού; Πολύχρωμος τρίτωνας

Literature

additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Beu, A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea. Pers. comm.
additional source	Percharde, P. L. (1972). Observations on the gastropod, Charonia variegata, in Trinidad and Tobago. The Nautilus. 85(3): 84-92, figs. 1-3.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
additional source	Russo G.F., Fasulo G., Toscano A. & Toscano F. (1990). On the presence of Triton species (Charonia spp.) (Mollusca Gastropoda) in the Mediterranean Sea: ecological distributions. Bollettino Malacologico 26(5-8): 91-104
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. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 377-378: 1-550.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181006