Ranellidae

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Ranellidae
Charonia lampas capax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Family: Ranellidae
Gray, 1854
Genera and species

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

[edit] Genera and species within the family Ranellidae

  • Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846
    • Argobuccinum pustulosum tumidum (Solander in Lightfoot, 1786)
    • Argobuccinum tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
  • Austrotriton Cossman, 1903
  • Cabestana Röding, 1798
  • Charonia Gistel, 1848
  • Cymatium Roding, 1798
  • Cymatona Iredale, 1929
    • Cymatona kampyla (Watson, 1885)
    • Cymatona tomlini Powell, 1955
  • Fusitriton Cossmann, 1903
    • Fusitriton magellanicus Röding,1798
    • Fusitriton oregonensis Redfield, 1846
    • Fusitriton retiolus (Hedley, 1914)
  • Linatella Iredale, 1917
    • Linatella cingulatum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Mayena Gray, 1857
    • Mayena australasia australasia (Perry, 1811)
    • Mayena australasia blacki Powell, 1954
    • Mayena australasia vossi Powell, 1952
  • Monoplex Perry, 1811
    • Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis, 1793)
  • Proxicharonia Powell, 1938
    • Proxicharonia palmeri Powell, 1976
  • Ranella Lamarck,1816
  • Sassia Bellardi,1873
    • Sassia apenninica remensa (Iredale,1936)
    • Sassia kampyla kampyla (Watson,1885)
    • Sassia kampyla tomlini (Powell,1955)
    • Sassia palmeri (Powell,1976)
    • Sassia parkinsonia (Perry,1811)
  • Turritriton Dall, 1904
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