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Taxonomy
Family:
RANELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Ranellidae (Family)
> Ranella (Genus)
> olearium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Argobuccinum (Ranella) Lamarck, 1816
=Eugyrina Dall, 1904
=Gyrina Schumacher, 1817
=Gyrinopsis Dall, 1925
=Mayena Iredale, 1917
=Ranella (Apollon) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Argobuccinum (Ranella) giganteum (Lamarck, 1816)
=Cymatium olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Gyrina maculata Schumacher, 1817
=Mayena multinodosa Bucknill, 1927
=Murex boveus Risso, 1826
=Murex reticularis Born, 1780
=Ranella (Apollon) gigantea Lamarck, 1816
=Ranella barcellosi Matthews, Rios & Coelho, 1973
=Ranella incerta Michelotti, 1847
=Ranella ostenfeldi Iredale, 1937
=Ranella reticularis Born, 1780
=Triton olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Images: Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trawled in 400m off the Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 165mm
Holotype of Mayena multinodosa Bucknill, collected in trap, 45 metres, Cavalli Islands, Northland, NZ (MA70452). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RANELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Ranellidae (Family)
> Ranella (Genus)
> olearium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Argobuccinum (Ranella) Lamarck, 1816
=Eugyrina Dall, 1904
=Gyrina Schumacher, 1817
=Gyrinopsis Dall, 1925
=Mayena Iredale, 1917
=Ranella (Apollon) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Argobuccinum (Ranella) giganteum (Lamarck, 1816)
=Cymatium olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Gyrina maculata Schumacher, 1817
=Mayena multinodosa Bucknill, 1927
=Murex boveus Risso, 1826
=Murex reticularis Born, 1780
=Ranella (Apollon) gigantea Lamarck, 1816
=Ranella barcellosi Matthews, Rios & Coelho, 1973
=Ranella incerta Michelotti, 1847
=Ranella ostenfeldi Iredale, 1937
=Ranella reticularis Born, 1780
=Triton olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Details: Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Height 200mm, Width 100mm
Distribution:
Mediterranean, eastern and western Atlantic, southern Africa, southern Indian Ocean, and south-western Pacific. Wanganella Bank, Kermadec Ridge, and North, South and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Trawled from around 40 to over 400 metres
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Scarabino, F. 2003 Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Tonnoidea): Confirmation of its presence in Uruguayan waters, Communicaciones de la Sociedad Malacologica del Uruguay, 8(78-79) (p.215)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.167)

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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