The Cymatiidae Family includes 138 species comprising 23 genus (Monoplex (27 species), Ranularia (24), Gyrineum (15), Septa (10), Fusitriton (8), Sassia (7), ...)

Phylum      : Mollusca
 Class       : ⤷Gastropoda 
  Subclass    : ⤷Caenogastropoda 
   Order       : ⤷Littorinimorpha 
    Superfamily : ⤷Tonnoidea 
     Family      : ⤷Cymatiidae

Common name : hairy triton

Aspect : thick, strongly carved, tuberculate with large varicose veins at regular intervals (e.g., every 120° or 270°); oval opening, thick labrum, internally serrated; Wrinkled internal lip; thick, fibrous, hair-like periostracum (outer layer), which gives many species their "hairy" appearance; An open, fairly long anterior siphonal canal; thick operculum

Feeding : carnivorous predators (bivalves, other gastropods, sea squirts, sea cucumbers, sea stars, and sea urchins)

Environment : marine environments worldwide, from temperate to tropical seas, with a circumtropical distribution, on or under rocks, coral rubble or sand bottom; Depth ranges from the intertidal zone (shallow, wave-exposed areas) to depths exceeding 2000 m