Knobbed triton
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The knobbed triton releases toxic saliva through its mouth to immobilize prey.
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The knobbed triton releases toxic saliva through its mouth to immobilize prey.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Knobbed triton
- Scientific name
- Charonia lampas
- Japanese name
- ボウシュウボラ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Ranellidae
- Genus
- Charonia
A relative of the giant triton (horagai) that lives in seas from the Boso Peninsula and south of Yamaguchi Prefecture to the Philippines.
It is common in the seas of Chiba Prefecture (Boshu), and it is a kind that grows large.
How the Knobbed triton lives
It lives on exposed rocky shores in areas covered and uncovered by the tides. It also eats sea urchins.
Solitary Islands Underwater Research GroupBasic data
- Size
- Shell size: about 25 cm
- Diet
- Sea stars
- Range
- The Boso Peninsula, south of Yamaguchi Prefecture, and the Philippines
Where the Knobbed triton has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ボウシュウボラ
- 简体中文
- 白法螺
- 繁體中文
- 白法螺
- 한국어
- 나팔고둥
- Español
- Caracola
- Français
- Triton
- Português (Brasil)
- Buzina
- Italiano
- Tritone rosso
- Русский
- Шишковатый тритонов рог
- Türkçe
- Trompet Salyangozu
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ボウシュウボラChecked: 2026-11-04
- Solitary Islands Underwater Research Group — Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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