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Ranularia

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Ranularia was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Tritonium (Ranularia) by Gabb (1873); it was reranked as Eutritonium (Ranularia) by Cossmann and Pissarro (1913); it was reranked as Cymatium (Ranularia) by Ladd (1982), Todd (2001) and Beu (2005).

It was assigned to Tritonium by Gabb (1873); to Eutritonium by Cossmann and Pissarro (1913); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cymatium by Ladd (1982), Todd (2001) and Beu (2005); and to Ranellinae by Beu (2010).

Synonyms
  • Retusum was named by Jousseaume (1892). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ranularia by Beu (2005).
  • Tritonocauda was named by Dall (1904). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ranularia by Beu (2005).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Ranularia Schumacher
1873Tritonium (Ranularia) Gabb p. 212
1892Retusum Jousseaume p. 344
1904Tritonocauda Dall p. 133
1913Eutritonium (Ranularia) Cossmann and Pissarro
1982Cymatium (Ranularia) Ladd p. 41
2001Cymatium (Ranularia) Todd
2002Ranularia Sepkoski
2005Cymatium (Ranularia) Beu p. 88
2010Ranularia Beu p. 181

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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)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyRanellinaeGray 1854
genusRanulariaSchumacher 1817

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. Ranularia Schumacher 1817
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Invalid names: Cymatium (Ranularia) maoritinctum Reeve 1844 [synonym], Cymatium caribbaeum Clench and Turner 1957 [synonym]
Ranularia dunkeri Lischke 1868
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Invalid names: Cymatium (Ranularia) aegrotum Reeve 1844 [synonym]
Ranularia gutturnia Röding 1798
Ranularia pyrum Linnaeus 1758
Ranularia rehderi Verrill 1950
Invalid names: Retusum Jousseaume 1892 [synonym], Tritonocauda Dall 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available