Ranellidae
Appearance
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Anterior view of a live triton in the genus Cymatium, in situ | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Ranellidae Gray, 1854 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
Subfamilies
The family Ranellidae consists of these subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- 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
Genera
Genera within the family Ranellidae include:
subfamily Cymatiinae
- Cabestana Röding, 1798[2]
- Charonia Gistel, 1848[3]
- Cymatiella Iredale, 1924[4]
- Cymatium Roding, 1798[5]
- Gelagna Schauffus, 1869[6]
- Gutturnium Mørch, 1852[7]
- Linatella Gray, 1857
- Lotoria Emerson & Old, 1963[8]
- Monoplex Perry, 1811[9] - synonym: Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945[10]
- Ranularia Schumacher, 1817[11]
- Reticutriton Habe & Kosuge, 1966[12]
- Sassia Bellardi, 1873 - synonym: Proxicharonia Powell, 1938[13]
- Septa Perry, 1810[14]
- Turritriton Dall, 1904[15]
subfamily Ranellinae
- Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846[16]
- Argobuccinum pustulosum tumidum (Solander in Lightfoot, 1786)
- Argobuccinum tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
- Biplex Perry, 1810[17]
- Fusitriton Cossmann, 1903[18]
- Gyrineum Link, 1807[19]
- Halgyrineum Beu, 1998[20]
- Obscuranella Kantor & Harasewych, 2000[21]
- Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858[22]
- Ranella Lamarck, 1816 - type genus, synonyms: Mayena Gray, 1857[23]
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Ranellidae Gray, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10109 on 2018-08-09
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Cabestana Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138424 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Charonia Gistl, 1848. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138425 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Cymatiella Iredale, 1924. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463512 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Cymatium Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138426 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Gelagna Schauffus, 1869. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463517 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Gutturnium Mørch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204486 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Lotoria Emerson & Old, 1963. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463520 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Monoplex Perry, 1811. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463521 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474852 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Ranularia Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205371 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Reticutriton. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463526 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Sassia Bellardi, 1873. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181011 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Septa Perry, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463535 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Turritriton Dall, 1904. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463537 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225657 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Biplex Perry, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456376 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Fusitriton Cossmann, 1903. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390535 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Gyrineum Link, 1807. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204519 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Halgyrineum Beu, 1998. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181009 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Obscuranella Kantor & Harasewych, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196973 on 2010-09-16
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463498 on 2010-09-16
- ^ 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 http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138428 on 2010-09-16
- Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4
Further reading
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
External links
Media related to Ranellidae at Wikimedia Commons