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Ranella

Gastropoda - Cymatiidae

Taxonomy
Ranella was named by Lamarck (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 125]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Argobuccinum (Ranella) by Eames (1950).

It was assigned to Argobuccinum by Eames (1950); to Cymatiidae by Squires (1983) and Squires (1984); to Ranellinae by Beu (1978) and Wilson (1993); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

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