Ranellidae

Ranellidae
A shell of Charonia lampas capax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Ranellidae Gray[disambiguation needed ], 1854

Ranellidae, common name the triton shells or tritons, is a taxonomic family of small to very large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.

Subfamilies

The family Ranellidae consists of the following 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^[1]
• Charonia Gistel, 1848^[2]
• Cymatiella Iredale, 1924^[3]
• Cymatium Roding, 1798^[4]
• Gelagna Schauffus, 1869^[5]
• Gutturnium Mørch, 1852^[6]
• Linatella Gray, 1857
• Lotoria Emerson & Old, 1963^[7]
• Monoplex Perry, 1811^[8]
• Ranularia Schumacher, 1817^[9]
• Reticutriton Habe & Kosuge, 1966^[10]
• Sassia Bellardi, 1873 - synonym: Proxicharonia Powell, 1938^[11]
• Septa Perry, 1810^[12]
• Turritriton Dall, 1904^[13]

subfamily Ranellinae

• Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846^[14]
  • Argobuccinum pustulosum tumidum (Solander in Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Argobuccinum tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
• Biplex Perry, 1810^[15]
• Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945^{[16][clarification needed]}
• Fusitriton Cossmann, 1903^[17]
• Gyrineum Link, 1807^[18]
• Halgyrineum Beu, 1998^[19]
• Obscuranella Kantor & Harasewych, 2000^[20]
• Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858^[21]
• Ranella Lamarck, 1816 - type genus, synonyms: Mayena Gray, 1857^[22]

References

1. ^ 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
2. ^ 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
3. ^ 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
4. ^ 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
5. ^ 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
6. ^ 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
7. ^ 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
8. ^ 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
9. ^ 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
10. ^ 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
11. ^ 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
12. ^ 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
13. ^ 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
14. ^ 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
15. ^ 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
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
17. ^ 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
18. ^ 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
19. ^ 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
20. ^ 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
21. ^ 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
22. ^ 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

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 85467 054 8

External links

• Ranellidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.