Ranella gemmifera

Ranella gemmifera
Shell of Ranella gemmifera (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ranellidae
Genus:	Ranella
Species:	R. gemmifera
Binomial name
Ranella gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889)
Synonyms [1]
Charonia poecilostomaSmith, 1915 Eugyrina gemmifera leptaBartsch, 1915 Ranella gemmifera var. minorEuthyme, 1889 Ranella leucostoma var. poecilostomaMartens, 1904 Tritonium gemmiferumEuthyme, 1889 Ranella australasia gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889)

Ranella gemmifera is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons. ^[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 126 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 70 m. ^[2]

References

1. Ranella gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889) . WoRMS (2010). Ranella gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419790 on 27 June 2010 .
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

• Euthyme [Frère], 1889. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de la faune marine exotique. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France 6: 259–281
• Martens, E. von. (1904). Die beschalten Gastropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899. A. Systematisch-geographischer Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia". 7(A): 1–146, pls i–v.
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• 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: 550 pp, 79 pls.

External links

• Bartsch, P. (1925). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. Bulletin. United States National Museum. 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates.