OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Ranellidae
Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex olearium Linnaeus, 1758
Murex reticularis Born, 1778
Ranella gigantea Lamarck, 1816
Gyrina maculata Schumacher, 1817
Murex mulus Dillwyn, 1817
Mayena multinodosa Bucknill, 1927
Ranella ostenfeldi Iredale, 1927
Bursa barcellosi Matthews, Rios & Coelho, 1973
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: New Zealand
Keywords
depth: continental shelf
depth: continental slope
substrate: mud
References
Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. p.33, pl. 5, fig. 3 [ illustration, type data, type locality, description, habitat, distribution, synonymy
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Tonnoidea
Ranellidae
Ranellinae
Ranella Lamarck, 1816
Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48042) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-07-23. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.