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]
| Ranella gemmifera | |
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| Shell of Ranella gemmifera (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ranellidae |
| Genus: | Ranella |
| Species: | R. gemmifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Ranella gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Charonia poecilostoma Smith, 1915 | |
Distribution
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Description
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editMinimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 70 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b 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 .
- ^ a b c 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.
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