WoRMS taxon details
Ranellidae Gray, 1854
Ranellinae Gray, 1854 · unaccepted
Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (Invalid: type genus a junior...)
Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Tritonium O.F. Müller, 1776. Also homonym of Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809 based on Tritonia Cuvier, 1797
Tritoninae Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (Invalid: type genus placed on the...)
Invalid: type genus placed on the Official Index by Opinion 886 [junior homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758]
- Genus Obscuranella Kantor & Harasewych, 2000
- Genus Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
- Genus Ranella Lamarck, 1816
- Subfamily Charoniinae A. W. B. Powell, 1933 accepted as Charoniidae A. W. B. Powell, 1933
- Subfamily Cymatiinae Iredale, 1913 (1854) accepted as Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913 (1854)
- Genus Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945 accepted as Monoplex G. Perry, 1810 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Gyrina Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Ranella Lamarck, 1816
- Genus Mayena Iredale, 1917 accepted as Ranella Lamarck, 1816
- Subfamily Pisanianurinae Warén & Bouchet, 1990 accepted as Laubierinidae Warén & Bouchet, 1990
- Subfamily Ranellinae Gray, 1854 accepted as Ranellidae Gray, 1854
marine
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ranellidae Gray, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10109 on 2025-07-08
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Taxonomy
status source
Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 18-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Beu, A. G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686 [details]
[request]additional source Beu, A. G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tritonsrock whelks | [details] |
| German | Tritonen | [details] |
| Japanese | ホクヨウウミウシ [from synonym]フジツガイ科 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ranellidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tritoniidae) (from synonym Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To NHMUK collection (Ranellidae Gray, 1854; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6168446)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ranellidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tritoniidae) (from synonym Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To NHMUK collection (Ranellidae Gray, 1854; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6168446)
To ITIS
