African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Ranularia Schumacher, 1817

AphiaID

205371 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205371)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913 (1854)

Original name

Ranularia Schumacher, 1817

Synonymised names

Cymatium (Ranularia) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Ranularia caudata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Ranularia cynocephala (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Ranularia exilis (Reeve, 1844)
Species Ranularia gallinago (Reeve, 1844)
Species Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798)
Species Ranularia monilifera (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Ranularia oboesa (G. Perry, 1811)
Species Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ranularia sarcostoma (Reeve, 1844)
Species Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844)
Species Ranularia springsteeni (Beu, 1987)
Species Ranularia testudinaria (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Ranularia trilineata (Reeve, 1844)
Species Ranularia clavator (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798)
Species Ranularia muricina (Röding, 1798) accepted as Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
Species Ranularia retusa (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Ranularia oboesa (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ranularia tuberosus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)

Environment

marine

Original description

Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 253 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ranularia Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205371 on 2026-02-12

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. Ranularia Schumacher, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205371 on 2026-02-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-03-02 13:41:47Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-05-12 14:20:04Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2013-09-19 09:36:19Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-08-13 03:35:55Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 253 [details]

basis of record Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama paleontology projects and uplift of the Central American isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 377-378: 1-550, pls. 1-79.
note: treated as full genus [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ranularia)
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