Ranella

Ranella
An apertural view of a shell of Ranella australasia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Genus: Ranella
Lamarck, 1816
Type species
Ranella gigantea Lamarck, 1816
Synonyms[1]
  • Argobuccinum (Ranella) Lamarck, 1816
  • Eugyrina Dall, 1904
  • Gyrina Schumacher, 1817
  • Gyrinopsis Dall, 1925
  • Mayena Iredale, 1917
  • Ranella (Apollon) Montfort, 1810

Ranella is a genus of large warm-water and tropical sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.[1]

  1. ^ a b 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 on 2010-09-16