Charonia
| Charonia Temporal range: | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Charonia variegata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Charoniidae Powell, 1933 |
| Genus: | Charonia Gistel, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Charonia tritonis | |
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Charonia is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the monotypic family Charoniidae. They are one of the few natural predators of the crown-of-thorns starfish.