Giant Triton
Charonia tritonis
A giant hunting snail that tackles thorny sea stars.
Giant Tritons are huge reef snails that track sea stars across Indo-Pacific reefs. A muscular foot grips the prey while a ribbon of tiny teeth rasps through its defenses.
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From field guide to game table
Bring this Giant Triton home
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- 1 copy
Ready-to-play deck
Blue Water Deck
Includes 1 card featuring Giant Triton.
- 1 copy
Ready-to-play deck
Murky Water Deck
Includes 1 card featuring Giant Triton.
Quick dive
Creature passport
- Home
- Tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, including the Red Sea and Pacific islands.
- Favorite foods
- Sea stars, including crown-of-thorns, plus other echinoderms.
- Size check
- Shell up to about 18–20 in (46–50 cm) — backpack length
Tell-your-friends facts
Four wonderfully wild things
- 1
The tooth-covered feeding ribbon is called a radula.
- 2
Its beautiful spiral shell is one of the largest made by a living snail.
- 3
People in several Pacific cultures have used empty shells as trumpets.
- 4
A crown-of-thorns sea star may flee when it detects a triton's scent.
Ocean superpower
Built to be amazing
It tolerates crown-of-thorns defenses and eats this formidable coral predator.
Junior scientist tip
What should I look for?
Spot a huge pointed spiral shell patterned cream, brown, and orange.
Grown-up research links
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