Ranella

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

Ranella
An apertural view of a shell of Ranella australasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Ranellidae
Genus:
Ranella

Lamarck, 1816
Species

See text

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

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

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