''Ranella gemmifera'' is a
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predatory
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sea snail
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, a
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
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Ranellidae
The Ranellidae, common name the triton shells or tritons, are a taxonomic family of small to very large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Littorinimorpha.
Subfamilies
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by B ...
, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.
Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded
shell
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length is 126 mm.
[Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. .]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.
Maximum recorded depth is 70 m.
References
* Euthyme
rère
The Rère () is a long river in the Cher and Loir-et-Cher departments in central France. Its source is at Presly. It flows generally west. It is a left tributary of the Sauldre, into which it flows at Villeherviers.
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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.
Ranellidae
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