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

Charonia Gistel, 1847

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Triton*	Montfort, 1810	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Tritonium*	Röding, 1798	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Eutritonium*	Cossmann, 1904	synonym

Children

Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Charonia seguenzae (Aradas & Benoit, 1871)
Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816)

Literature

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. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 178: 1-255.
additional source	Iredale, T. (1913). The generic name to be used for Murex tritonis Linne. The Nautilus. 27(4): 55-56.
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 Gistel, 1847. 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:138425