MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from Málaga province, Spain (actual size 170 mm)

AphiaID

141115 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141115)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ranella Lamarck, 1816

Original name

Murex olearium Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Argobuccinum (Ranella) giganteum (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted

Argobuccinum (Ranella) giganteum var. duplonodosum Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted

Argobuccinum (Ranella) giganteum var. nodosum Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted

Argobuccinum (Ranella) giganteum var. rarituberculata Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted

Argobuccinum giganteum (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted

Argobuccinum giganteum duplonodosum Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)

not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

Argobuccinum giganteum exile Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)

not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

Argobuccinum giganteum inflatum Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)

not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

Argobuccinum giganteum nodosum Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)

not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

Argobuccinum giganteum rarituberculatum Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)

not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4)

Argobuccinum giganteum var. curvicauda Coen, 1941 · unaccepted

Argobuccinum giganteum var. dilatata Coen, 1941 · unaccepted

Argobuccinum giganteum var. intusdentata Coen, 1941 · unaccepted

Argobuccinum giganteum var. magnifica Coen, 1941 · unaccepted

Argobuccinum giganteum var. nodosecarinata Coen, 1941 · unaccepted

Argobuccinum giganteum var. oceanica Coen, 1941 · unaccepted (synonym)

Argobuccinum giganteum var. tenuis Coen, 1941 · unaccepted

Argobuccinum olearium (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Argobuccinum pertuberculiferum Bellardi, 1872 † · unaccepted (synonym)

Bursa barcellosi Matthews, Rios & Coelho, 1973 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cymatium olearium (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Gyrina maculata Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)

Mayena multinodosa Bucknill, 1927 · unaccepted (synonym)

Murex boveus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)

Murex olearium Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Murex reticularis Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Born, 1780 · unaccepted > misapplication

Ranella (Apollon) gigantea Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted

Ranella (Apollon) gigantea var. budensis Noszky, 1940 † · unaccepted

Ranella (Apollon) gigantea var. rarinodosa Noszky, 1940 † · unaccepted

Ranella barcellosi Matthews, Rios & Coelho, 1973 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ranella bronni Michelotti, 1847 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)

Ranella gigantea Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ranella gigantea var. atlantica Monterosato, 1890 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ranella gigantea var. pertuberculifera Sacco, 1904 † · unaccepted

Ranella gigantea var. turritoreticularis Mylius, 1891 † · unaccepted

Ranella incerta Michelotti, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ranella miocenica Michelotti, 1847 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (dubious synonym)

Ranella olearia (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)

Ranella ostenfeldi Iredale, 1937 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ranella reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Deshayes, 1839 · unaccepted

Ranella reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Borson, 1821 · unaccepted > misapplication

Ranella reticularis f. isba De Gregorio, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ranella reticularis var. altavillensis De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ranella reticularis var. bicanalata De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted

Ranella reticularis var. borniana De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted

Ranella reticularis var. frigida De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted

Ranella reticularis var. mediterranea De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ranella reticularis var. meneghinii De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ranella reticularis var. parivaricata De Gregorio, 1884 · unaccepted

Triton (Eutritonium) eogassinense Sacco, 1904 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Triton eogassinense Sacco, 1904 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Triton olearium (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Triton parmense Sismonda, 1842 † · unaccepted (nomen nudum)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Murex olearium Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 748 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Taxonomy many infrasubspecific varieties not listed

Taxonomy many infrasubspecific varieties not listed [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141115 on 2024-11-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2020-05-02 20:31:35Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Bursa barcellosi Matthews, Rios & Coelho, 1973) Matthews H. R., Coelho A. C. S., Rios E. C. (1973). Superfamília Tonnacea do Brasil: V - Nova espécie do género Bursa Roding, 1798 (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Arquivos de Ciências do Mar. 13(1): 51-56., available online at https://repositorio.ufc.br/bitstream/riufc/1698/1/1973_art_hrmattwes.pdf [details]

original description (of Gyrina maculata Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 253 [details]

original description (of Mayena multinodosa Bucknill, 1927) Bucknill, C. E. R. (1927). Description of two new species of marine gasteropod. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 311-313.
page(s): 312, pl. 35, fig. 2 [details]

original description (of Murex olearium Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 748 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Ranella gigantea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 4; note: referring to pl. 413, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Ranella ostenfeldi Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Notes on neozelanic deepwater marine Mollusca. Records of the Australian Museum. 20: 103-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.20.1937.252
page(s): 104, pl. 42, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Murex boveus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

original description (of Ranella bronni Michelotti, 1847) Michelotti, G. (1847). Description des fossiles des terrains miocènes de l'Italie septentrionale. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem. ser. 2, 3(2): 1-408, 17 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2608445
page(s): 258 [details]

original description (of Ranella incerta Michelotti, 1847) Michelotti, G. (1847). Description des fossiles des terrains miocènes de l'Italie septentrionale. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem. ser. 2, 3(2): 1-408, 17 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2608445
page(s): 256, pl. 10 fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Triton parmense Sismonda, 1842 †) Sismonda, E. (1842) Synopsis Methododica Animalium Invertebratorum Pedemontii Fossilium. Augustae Taurinorum, Torino, 44 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/181747 [details]

original description (of Ranella miocenica Michelotti, 1847 †) Michelotti, G. (1847). Description des fossiles des terrains miocènes de l'Italie septentrionale. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem. ser. 2, 3(2): 1-408, 17 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2608445
page(s): 258 [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum nodosum Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum exile Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum inflatum Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum duplonodosum Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum rarituberculatum Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Ranella reticularis var. meneghinii De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 110-111 [details]

original description (of Ranella reticularis f. isba De Gregorio, 1885) De Gregorio, A. (1885). Continuazione degli studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 11: 27-203., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39284454
page(s): 45 [details]

original description (of Ranella reticularis var. mediterranea De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 110 [details]

original description (of Ranella reticularis var. altavillensis De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 109 [details]

original description (of Ranella gigantea var. atlantica Monterosato, 1890) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1890). Conchiglie della profondità del mare di Palermo. Il Naturalista Siciliano. 9(6): 140-151 [March 1st, 1890]; 9(7): 157-166 [April 1st, 1890]; 9(8): 181-191 [May 1st, 1890)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11568606
page(s): 164-165 [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum var. oceanica Coen, 1941) Coen G. (1941). Nuove varietà di Argobuccinum.. Acta Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 5(5): 173-176, pl.1 [details]

original description (of Ranella gigantea var. pertuberculifera Sacco, 1904 †) Sacco, F. (1904). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXX. Aggiunte e correzioni. Considerazioni generali. Indice generale dell'opera. Torino: Clausen. xxxvi + 203 pp., 31 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46270 [details]

original description (of Ranella gigantea var. turritoreticularis Mylius, 1891 †) Mylius, C. 1891. Intorno ad alcune forme inedite di molluschi miocenici dei colli torinesi, rivenute a S. Margherita. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 26:453-462, 15 figs. [details]

original description (of Ranella reticularis var. borniana De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884). Intorno ad alcuni nomi di conchiglie Linneane. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10: 33-34., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908549
page(s): p. 109. [details]

original description (of Ranella reticularis var. bicanalata De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884). Intorno ad alcuni nomi di conchiglie Linneane. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10: 33-34., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908549
page(s): p. 109. [details]

original description (of Ranella reticularis var. frigida De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884). Intorno ad alcuni nomi di conchiglie Linneane. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10: 33-34., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908549
page(s): p. 110. [details]

original description (of Ranella reticularis var. parivaricata De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884). Intorno ad alcuni nomi di conchiglie Linneane. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10: 33-34., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908549
page(s): p. 110. [details]

original description (of Ranella (Apollon) gigantea var. rarinodosa Noszky, 1940 †) Noszky, J. (1940). A kiscelli agyag molluszka-faunája. II. Rész. Loricata, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. Annales Musei nationalis hungarici, Pars Mineralogica, Geologica et Palaeontologica. 33, 1-80, pls 2. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Ranella (Apollon) gigantea var. budensis Noszky, 1940 †) Noszky, J. (1940). A kiscelli agyag molluszka-faunája. II. Rész. Loricata, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. Annales Musei nationalis hungarici, Pars Mineralogica, Geologica et Palaeontologica. 33, 1-80, pls 2. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum var. curvicauda Coen, 1941) Coen G. (1941). Nuove varietà di Argobuccinum.. Acta Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 5(5): 173-176, pl.1 [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum var. magnifica Coen, 1941) Coen G. (1941). Nuove varietà di Argobuccinum.. Acta Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 5(5): 173-176, pl.1 [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum var. tenuis Coen, 1941) Coen G. (1941). Nuove varietà di Argobuccinum.. Acta Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 5(5): 173-176, pl.1 [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum var. intusdentata Coen, 1941) Coen G. (1941). Nuove varietà di Argobuccinum.. Acta Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 5(5): 173-176, pl.1 [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum var. nodosecarinata Coen, 1941) Coen G. (1941). Nuove varietà di Argobuccinum.. Acta Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 5(5): 173-176, pl.1 [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum giganteum var. dilatata Coen, 1941) Coen G. (1941). Nuove varietà di Argobuccinum.. Acta Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 5(5): 173-176, pl.1 [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum (Ranella) giganteum var. nodosum Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum (Ranella) giganteum var. rarituberculata Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Argobuccinum (Ranella) giganteum var. duplonodosum Settepassi, 1970) Settepassi F. (1970). Atlante malacologico dei molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo Vol. 1. [Malacologial atlas of living marine molluscs in Mediterranean Sea, Vol. 1.].Museo di Zoologia del Communedi.Roma. [details]

original description (of Triton (Eutritonium) eogassinense Sacco, 1904 †) Sacco, F. (1904). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXX. Aggiunte e correzioni. Considerazioni generali. Indice generale dell'opera. Torino: Clausen. xxxvi + 203 pp., 31 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46270
page(s): 36 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
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additional source 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): 79.
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additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
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additional source Finlay, C. J. & Vink, D. L. N. (1982). New records of Cymatiidae (Gastropoda) in the Western Atlantic. The Nautilus. 96(4): 132-134, figs. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497697
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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Taxonomy many infrasubspecific varieties not listed [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	trtoni endacak [from synonym]	[details]
English	wandering tritonoil-vessel tritonlittle frog triton [from synonym]giant frogsnail	[details]
German	Wandernde TritonschneckeTaschenschneckeÖlkrugKrötenschneckeGroßes OchsenaugeGroßes ArgushornGroße Krötenschnecke	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Αγκαθοτρίτωνας [from synonym]	[details]