Ranella

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

Ranella
An apertural view of a shell of Ranella australasia
Scientific classification
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

Shell description

The shells of species within this genus are very large and solid, with a tall spire, a rounded aperture, a broadly flanged outer lip, and a moderately long siphonal canal, which is flexed and inclined to the left. The varices are prominent and rounded, but are hollowed out on the inside.

Species

Species within the genus Ranella include:

• Ranella australasia (Perry, 1811)
• † Ranella bellardii (Weinkauff, 1868)
• Ranella gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889)
• †Ranella kaiparaensis (Finlay, 1924)
• Ranella olearium Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Ranella reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Deshayes, 1839: synonym of Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)