WoRMS taxon details
Ranellidae J. E. Gray, 1854
10109 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:10109)
accepted
Family
Ranellinae J. E. Gray, 1854 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted (Invalid: type genus a junior...)
Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Tritonium O.F. Müller, 1776. Also homonym of Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809 based on Tritonia Cuvier, 1797
Tritoninae Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (Invalid: type genus placed on the...)
Invalid: type genus placed on the Official Index by Opinion 886 [junior homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758]
- Genus Ameranella Beu, 1988 †
- Genus Anomalofusus Wade, 1916 †
- Genus Antarctiranella Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004 †
- Genus Crassicymatium Beu, 2010 †
- Genus Obscuranella Kantor & Harasewych, 2000
- Genus Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
- Genus Ranella Lamarck, 1816
- Genus Trachytriton Meek, 1864 †
- Subfamily Charoniinae A. W. B. Powell, 1933 accepted as Charoniidae A. W. B. Powell, 1933
- Subfamily Cymatiinae Iredale, 1913 (1854) accepted as Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913 (1854)
- Genus Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945 accepted as Monoplex G. Perry, 1810 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Eugyrina Dall, 1904 accepted as Ranella Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Gyrina Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Ranella Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Gyrinopsis Dall, 1925 † accepted as Ranella Lamarck, 1816 (invalid: junior homonym of Gyrinopsis Handlirsch, 1906 [Coleoptera])
- Genus Liohindsia Coen, 1947 accepted as Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Mayena Iredale, 1917 accepted as Ranella Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Mediargo Terry, 1968 † accepted as Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Pisanianurinae Warén & Bouchet, 1990 accepted as Laubierinidae Warén & Bouchet, 1990
- Subfamily Ranellinae J. E. Gray, 1854 accepted as Ranellidae J. E. Gray, 1854 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ranellinae J. E. Gray, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 32-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747153
page(s): 37; note: original spelling Ranellina. [details]
page(s): 37; note: original spelling Ranellina. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ranellidae J. E. Gray, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10109 on 2026-02-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ranellinae J. E. Gray, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 32-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747153
page(s): 37; note: original spelling Ranellina. [details]
page(s): 37; note: original spelling Ranellina. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 18-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Beu, A. G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tritonsrock whelks | [details] |
| German | Tritonen | [details] |
| Japanese | ホクヨウウミウシ [from synonym]フジツガイ科 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ranellidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tritoniidae) (from synonym Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To NHMUK collection (Ranellidae Gray, 1854; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6168446)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ranellidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tritoniidae) (from synonym Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To NHMUK collection (Ranellidae Gray, 1854; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6168446)
To ITIS
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