The Ranellidae,
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the
triton
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* Triton (mythology), a Greek god
* Triton (moon), a satellite of Neptune
Triton may also refer to:
Biology
* Triton cockatoo, a parrot
* Triton (gastropod), a group of sea snails
* ''Triton'', a synonym of ''Triturus' ...
shells or tritons, are a
taxonomic
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family of small to very large
predatory sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusks in the order
Littorinimorpha.
Subfamilies
According to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, the family Ranellidae consisted of two subfamilies:
*Ranellinae Gray, 1854 - synonyms: Agrobuccininae Kilias, 1973; Simpulidae Dautzenberg, 1900; Gyrineinae Higo & Goto, 1993 (n.a.)
*Cymatiinae
Iredale, 1913 (1854) - synonyms: Tritoniidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (inv.); Neptunellinae Gray, 1854; Lampusiidae Newton, 1891; Lotoriidae Harris, 1897; Septidae Dall & Simpson, 1901; Aquillidae Pilsbry, 1904; Nyctilochidae Dall, 1912; Charoniinae Powell, 1933
The Cymatiinae now form a separate family:
Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family are predators.
Genera
The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera:
* '' Argobuccinum'' Herrmannsen, 1846
* '' ...
.
Genera
The family Ranellidae contains the following genera:
* ''
Haurokoa
''Wiltonia'' is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985.
Species
it contains nine species, found only in New Zealand:
*''Wiltonia elong ...
'' C. A. Fleming, 1955 †
* ''
Obscuranella'' Kantor & Harasewych, 2000
* ''
Priene'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
* ''
Ranella
''Ranella'' is a genus of large warm-water and tropical sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.
Shell description
The shells of species within this genus are very large and solid, with a tall spire, a ro ...
'' Lamarck, 1816
References
* Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397
Further reading
*
Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Glen Pownall, ''New Zealand Shells and Shellfish'', Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979
External links
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. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 178: 1-255
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Taxa named by John Edward Gray