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The Ranellidae, common name the triton shells or tritons, are a taxonomic family of small to very large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Littorinimorpha.^[1]

Distribution

The Tritons are principally equatorial in their geographical distribution, and belong more especially to the Asiatic fauna. Those with the siphonal canal very much produced are obtained from deep water. The cancellated forms are from sand, in deep water; and those covered with an epidermis are chiefly from sandy mud, in from six to thirty fathoms.^[2]

Subfamilies

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, the family Ranellidae consisted of two subfamilies:

Ranellinae Gray, 1854 - synonyms: Agrobuccininae Kilias, 1973; Simpulidae Dautzenberg, 1900; Gyrineinae Higo & Goto, 1993 (n.a.)
Cymatiinae Iredale, 1913 (1854) - synonyms: Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (inv.); Neptunellinae Gray, 1854; Lampusiidae Newton, 1891; Lotoriidae Harris, 1897; Septidae Dall & Simpson, 1901; Aquillidae Pilsbry, 1904; Nyctilochidae Dall, 1912; Charoniinae Powell, 1933

The Cymatiinae now form a separate family: Cymatiidae.

Genera

The family Ranellidae contains the following genera:^[1]

† Ameranella Beu, 1988
† Antarctiranella Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004
† Crassicymatium Beu, 2010
Obscuranella Kantor & Harasewych, 2000
Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
Ranella Lamarck, 1816
† Ranellina - assigned to Bursidae by Palmer and Brann in 1966^[3]
† Trachytriton Meek, 1864

Synonyms

Subfamily Charoniinae Powell, 1933: synonym of Charoniidae Powell, 1933
Subfamily Cymatiinae Iredale, 1913 (1854): synonym of Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913
Subfamily Ranellinae Gray, 1854: synonym of Ranellidae Gray, 1854
Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945: synonym of Monoplex Perry, 1810 (junior subjective synonym)
Eugyrina Dall, 1904: synonym of Ranella Lamarck, 1816
Gyrina Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Ranella Lamarck, 1816
† Gyrinopsis Dall, 1925: synonym of Ranella Lamarck, 1816 (invalid: junior homonym of Gyrinopsis Handlirsch, 1906 [Coleoptera])
Liohindsia Coen, 1947: synonym of Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
Mayena Iredale, 1917: synonym of Ranella Lamarck, 1816
† Mediargo Terry, 1968: synonym of Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ranellidae Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
^ Palmer K. V. & Brann D. C. (1966). "Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 218: 471–1057.

Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1–2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4

External links

[WoRMS-1] Ranellidae Gray, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.

[2] Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

[Ranellina-3] Palmer K. V. & Brann D. C. (1966). "Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 218: 471–1057.

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