Ranella

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Ranella
Mayena australasia australasia (underside).JPG
An apertural view of a shell of Ranella australasia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ranellidae
Genus: Ranella
Lamarck, 1816
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Eugyrina Dall, 1904
  • Gyrina Schumacher, 1817
  • Gyrinopsis Dall, 1925
  • Mayena Iredale, 1917

Ranella is a genus of large warm-water and tropical sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.

Shell description[]

The shells of species within this genus are very large and solid, with a tall spire, a rounded aperture, a broadly flanged outer lip, and a moderately long siphonal canal, which is flexed and inclined to the left. The varices are prominent and rounded, but are hollowed out on the inside.

Species[]

Species within the genus Ranella include:

References[]

  1. ^ WoRMS (2010). Ranella Lamarck, 1816. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at on 2010-09-16

Further reading[]

  • R. Tucker Abbott & S. Peter Dance, 1982, Compendium of Seashells, Duttin, New York

External links[]

Media related to Ranella at Wikimedia Commons

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