''Ameranna'' is a

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Species

According to the

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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Anna'' : * '' Ameranna capixaba'' (Coltro & Dornellas, 2013) * '' Ameranna florida'' (Garcia, 2008) * '' Ameranna milleri'' (Nowell-Usticke, 1959) * '' Ameranna royalensis'' (Watters, 2009) * '' Ameranna willemsae'' (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)

References

* Landau, B.; Vermeij G. J. (2012). ''The genera Engina and Ameranna nov. gen. (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Buccinoidea, Buccinidae, Pisaniinae) from the Western Atlantic Neogene''. Caenozoic Research. 9(1): 121-133 page(s): 127. Pisaniidae Gastropod genera {{Caenogastropoda-stub