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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 * '' ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Ranularia'' include: * '' Ranularia andamanensis'' (Beu, 1987) * '' Ranularia arthuri'' (Beu, 1987) * '' Ranularia boschi'' (Abbott & Lewis, 1970) * '' Ranularia caudata'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Ranularia cynocephala'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Ranularia dunkeri'' (Lischke, 1868) * '' Ranularia encaustica'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Ranularia exilis'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Ranularia gallinago'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Ranularia gutturnia'' (Röding, 1798) * '' Ranularia monilifera'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) * '' Ranularia oblita'' Lewis & Beu, 1976 * '' Ranularia oboesa'' (Perry, 1811) * '' Ranularia parthi'' (Arthur, 1991) * '' Ranularia pyrulum'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) * '' Ranularia pyrum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Ranularia rehderi'' (A.H. Verrill, 1950) * '' Ranularia sarcostoma'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Ranularia sinensis'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Ranularia springsteeni'' (Beu, 1987) * '' Ranularia testudinaria'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) * '' Ranularia trilineata'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Ranularia tripa'' (Lamarck, 1822) ;Synonyms: * ''Ranularia (Lagena)'' Mörch, 1852: synonym of '' Gelagna'' Schaufuss, 1869 (Invalid: junior homonym of ''Lagena'' Röding, 1798 and ''Lagena'' Schumacher, 1817; ''Gelagna'' and '' Paralagena'' are replacement names) * ''Ranularia clavator'' (Dillwyn, 1817): synonym of ''Ranularia gutturnia'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Ranularia labiata'' Schumacher, 1817: synonym of ''Ranularia gutturnia'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Ranularia longirostra'' Schumacher, 1817: synonym of ''Ranularia gutturnia'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Ranularia muricina'' (Röding, 1798): synonym of '' Gutturnium muricinum'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Ranularia retusa'' (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of ''Ranularia oboesa'' (Perry, 1811) * ''Ranularia tuberosus'' (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of '' Gutturnium muricinum'' (Röding, 1798)

References

* Beu A.G. 2010 ugust 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. - note: treated as full genus

External links

Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls
Cymatiidae {{Cymatiidae-stub