Tritonoranella ranelloides explained

Tritonoranella ranelloides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; and off South Africa, the Philippines and Japan.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length of Tritonoranella ranelloides tenuisculpta is 75 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth of Tritonoranella ranelloides tenuisculpta is 30 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 250 m.^[2]

References

• Nordsieck, F. (1975). Conchiglie delle Isole Canarie. Parte 2. La Conchiglia. 75-76: 3–7, 22.
• Penna-Neme, L. & Leme, J.L.M. (1978). Novas espéces e novas ocorréncias de gastrópodos marinhos na costa Brasiliera (Prosobranchia, Neogastropoda). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 31(18): 283-297
• Kosuge S. (1979) Report on the Mollusca on guyots from the Central Pacific collected by the 2nd and 3rd cruises of R/V Kaiyomaru in 1972 to 73 with descriptions of twelve new species. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(2): 24–35, pls 5–6. [30 November 1979] page(s): 31, pl. 5 fig. 5, pl. 6 fig. 23
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

• • Reeve, L. A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Triton. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pls 1-20 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
• McGinty, T. L. (1962). Caribbean marine shells. The Nautilus. 76(2): 39-44
• Adams, A. (1870). On some proboscidiferous gasteropods which inhabit the seas of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History,. Series 4, 5: 418–430
• Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1906). Mollusques provenant des dragages effectués à l'ouest de l'Afrique pendant les campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 32. Imprimerie de Monaco: Monaco. 125 pp., 5 plates
• Sanders M.T., Merle D., Laurin M., Bonillo C. & Puillandre N. (2021 (nomenclatural availability: 2020)). Raising names from the dead: a time-calibrated phylogeny of frog shells (Bursidae, Tonnoidea, Gastropoda) using mitogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 156: 107040: 1-12

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Tritonoranella ranelloides (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472449 on 2023-07-20
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .