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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. © rights reserved
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, from 50-777m
Type Data:
  • 45 metres, off Cavalli Islands, NZ, (holotype of Mayena multinodosa Bucknill, 1927)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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)

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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