Ranularia

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Ranularia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

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Ranularia
Shell of Ranularia oblita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Murex clavator Dillwyn, 1817
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) Schumacher, 1817
  • Retusum Jousseaume, 1892
  • Tritonium (Ranularia) Schumacher, 1817
  • Tritonocauda Dall, 1904
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Species

Species within the genus Ranularia include:

Synonyms
  • Ranularia (Lagena) Mörch, 1852: synonym of Gelagna Schaufuss, 1869 (Invalid: junior homonym of Lagena Röding, 1798 and Lagena Schumacher, 1817; Gelagna and Paralagena are replacement names)
  • Ranularia clavator (Dillwyn, 1817): synonym of Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798)
  • Ranularia labiata Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798)
  • Ranularia longirostra Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798)
  • Ranularia muricina (Röding, 1798): synonym of Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
  • Ranularia retusa (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Ranularia oboesa (Perry, 1811)
  • Ranularia tuberosus (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)

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