African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Ranella lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS name details

Ranella lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

216988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216988)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded combination)

Accepted name

Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ranella Lamarck, 1816

Original name

Murex lampas Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 748 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ranella lampas (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=216988 on 2026-10-06

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 lampas (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216988 on 2026-10-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2002-07-21 12:48:32Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-12-15 00:30:32Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2021-12-30 18:17:51Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

2023-10-06 18:47:44Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 748 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Vanatta, E. G. (1914). Notes on Ranella lampas of authors. The Nautilus. 28(7): 80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1750539 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)