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Ranella

Gastropoda - Cymatiidae

Synonyms
  • Mayena was named by Iredale (1917).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ranella by Beu (1988).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Ranella Lamarck
1917Mayena Iredale
1950Argobuccinum (Ranella) Eames p. 244
1978Ranella Beu p. 36
1983Ranella Squires p. 357
1984Ranella Squires p. 27
1993Ranella Wilson p. 242
2002Ranella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCymatiidaeIredale 1913
genusRanellaLamarck 1816

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ranella Lamarck 1816
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Ranella anglica Bell 1871
Ranella antiqua Vredenburg 1921
Ranella chilena Beu 2010
Ranella cowlitzensis Weaver 1912
Ranella domenginica Vokes 1939
Ranella gemmifera Euthyme 1889
Ranella intercostalis Tate 1888
Ranella junghuhni Martin 1879
Ranella katherineae Squires 1983
Ranella leucostoma Lamarck 1822
Ranella louellae Beu 1988
Ranella magnifica Martin 1879
Ranella olearium Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Argobuccinum giganteum Lamarck 1816 [synonym]
Ranella poppelacki Hornes 1853
Ranella prattii Woods 1878
Ranella promensis Vredenburg 1921
Ranella tubercularis Risso 1826
Ranella vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Invalid names: Mayena Iredale 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height18.00

Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2006-11-12 08:17:11
Modified: 2006-11-12 10:17:11
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Niederösterreich) R. sp. (87001)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland R. sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) R. sp. (84467)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark R. faxensis (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Illinois) R. showalteri (70129)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) R. sp. (84474)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Murex mansfieldi (11117)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) R. showalteri (2918 84471 86181 90606 205452 205499)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) R. louellae (218667)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0USA (Texas) R. sp. (84651)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California) R. cowlitzensis (205349) R. sp. (221985)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Texas) R. sp. (205455)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja) R. cowlitzensis (176457)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) R. sp. (91859 101302)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California) Olequahia domenginica (5506)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) R. sp. (83950)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California Sur) Olequahia domenginica (5496)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Olequahia domenginica (201250)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) R. tuomeyi (80776 80792 98277)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Olequahia domenginica (8014)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Olequahia domenginica (5540 5542 8013 200720 200725 200726 201702) R. katherineae, Olequahia domenginica (8012)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) R. sp. (205520)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia R. magnifica (70102)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) R. sp. (205267)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) R. cowlitzensis (139020)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3New Zealand Mayena sculpturata (67928)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Myanmar R. tubercularis (76590)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan R. tubercularis (77159)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Myanmar R. promensis, R. antiqua (76583)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Gyrineum tuberculatum (72084 76573 76574)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Argobuccinum cancellatum (74868) Argobuccinum minuteornatum (70191)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) R. poppelacki (89574)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Triton intercostalis (72210)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Argobuccinum giganteum (38823)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) R. raninoides (179627)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Vanuatu R. sp. (77902)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Washington) R. marshalli (241050)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia R. leucostoma (70099) R. magnifica, R. junghuhni (70098)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain R. sp. (56687)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain R. olearium (80562)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) R. anglica (84757)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Argobuccinum olearium (178457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain R. marginata (127361)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Namibia R. sp. (122929)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan R. pusilla (101414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti R. pusilla (96787)