African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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Ranella Lamarck, 1816

Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Málaga province, Spain (actual size 170 mm)

AphiaID

138428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138428)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Ranellidae J. E. Gray, 1854

Parent

Ranellidae J. E. Gray, 1854

Original name

Ranella Lamarck, 1816

Synonymised names

Eugyrina Dall, 1904 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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Species Ranella australasia (G. Perry, 1811)
Species Ranella gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889)
Species Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ranella affinis Broderip, 1833 accepted as Dulcerana affinis (Broderip, 1833) (original combination)
Species Ranella anceps Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Aspella anceps (Lamarck, 1822) (original combination)
Species Ranella bergeri Tapparone Canefri, 1881 accepted as Bursa rhodostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1835) accepted as Lampasopsis rhodostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1835) (synonym)
Species Ranella bufonia (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Ranella crumena Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck, 1816) (original combination)
Species Ranella foliata Broderip, 1825 accepted as Bufonaria foliata (Broderip, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ranella granifera Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Bursa granularis (Röding, 1798) accepted as Dulcerana granularis (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Species Ranella granulata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Marsupina bufo (Bruguière, 1792) (synonym)
Species Ranella lampas (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded combination)
Species Ranella leucostoma Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Ranella australasia (G. Perry, 1811) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Ranella olearia (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758) (incorrect gender ending)
Species Ranella paulucciana Tapparone Canefri, 1877 accepted as Bursa rhodostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1835) accepted as Lampasopsis rhodostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
Species Ranella spinosa Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807) (synonym)
Species Ranella tuberculata Broderip, 1833 accepted as Gyrineum natator (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior homonym of Ranella tuberculata Risso, 1826)

Environment

marine

Original description

Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 4 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ranella Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138428 on 2026-09-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Ranella Lamarck, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138428 on 2026-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2009-04-24 18:07:06Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2009-06-20 23:24:37Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2010-03-02 13:41:47Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-05-12 14:20:04Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-08-12 18:14:47Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-23 10:24:21Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Eugyrina Dall, 1904) Dall, W. H. (1904). An historical and systematic review of the frogshells and tritons. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 47: 114-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8811798
page(s): 132 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors