''Maculotriton'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
sea snails,
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Muricidae
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, the murex snails or rock snails. Its sole accepted species is ''Maculotriton serriale''.
Synonyms
The following species have been synonymized with ''Maculotriton serriale'':
* ''Buccinum pulicaris''
Lesson, 1842
* ''Buccinum serriale''
Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1834
* ''Charonia digitalis''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''Clathurella epidelia''
(Duclos in Chenu, 1848)
* ''Clathurella pulicaris''
(Lesson, 1842)
* ''Clathurella waterhouseae''
Brazier, 1896
* ''Colubraria bracteata''
(Hinds, 1844)
* ''Colubraria digitalis''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''Columbella epidelia''
Duclos in Chenu, 1848
* ''Columbella pulicaris''
Lesson, 1842
* ''Epidromus bracteatus''
(Hinds, 1844)
* ''Eutriton digitalis''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''Eutriton digitalis var. seurati''
Couturier, 1907
* ''Eutritonium digitale''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''Maculotriton bracteatus''
(Hinds, 1844)
* ''Maculotriton bracteatus longus''
Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1904
* ''Maculotriton digitale''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''Triton angulatus''
Reeve, 1844
* ''Triton bacillum''
Reeve, 1844
* ''Triton bracteatus''
Hinds, 1844
* ''Triton bracteatus longus''
Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1904
* ''Triton digitale''
Reeve, 1844
* ''Triton lativaricosus''
Reeve, 1844
* ''Tritonidea petterdi''
Brazier, 1872
References
Monotypic genera
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