{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Ranularia oblita 002.jpg |image_caption = Shell of ''Ranularia oblita'' |taxon = Ranularia |authority = Schumacher, 1817 |type_species= ''Murex clavator'' <small>Dillwyn, 1817</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Cymatium (Ranularia)'' <small>Schumacher, 1817</small> * ''Retusum'' <small>Jousseaume, 1892</small> * ''Tritonium (Ranularia)'' <small>Schumacher, 1817</small> * ''Tritonocauda'' <small>Dall, 1904</small> |display_parents= 3 }}

'''''Ranularia''''' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|205371|''Ranularia'' Schumacher, 1817||6 December 2018}}</ref> ==Species== Species within the genus ''Ranularia'' include: {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Ranularia andamanensis'' (Beu, 1987)<ref>{{WRMS species|476543|''Ranularia andamanensis'' (Beu, 1987)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia arthuri'' (Beu, 1987)<ref>{{WRMS species|476544|''Ranularia arthuri'' (Beu, 1987)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia boschi'' (Abbott & Lewis, 1970)<ref>{{WRMS species|476545|''Ranularia boschi'' (Abbott & Lewis, 1970)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia caudata'' (Gmelin, 1791)<ref>{{WRMS species|217019|''Ranularia caudata'' (Gmelin, 1791)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia cynocephala'' (Lamarck, 1816)<ref>{{WRMS species|476546|''Ranularia cynocephalum'' (Lamarck, 1816)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia dunkeri'' (Lischke, 1868)<ref>{{WRMS species|476547|''Ranularia dunkeri'' (Lischke, 1868)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia encaustica'' (Reeve, 1844)<ref>{{WRMS species|476548|''Ranularia encaustica'' (Reeve, 1844)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia exilis'' (Reeve, 1844)<ref>{{WRMS species|476549|''Ranularia exilis'' (Reeve, 1844)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia gallinago'' (Reeve, 1844)<ref>{{WRMS species|476550|''Ranularia gallinago'' (Reeve, 1844)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia gutturnia'' (Röding, 1798)<ref>{{WRMS species|476551|''Ranularia gutturnia'' (Röding, 1798)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia monilifera'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)<ref>{{WRMS species|476552|''Ranularia monilifera'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia oblita'' Lewis & Beu, 1976<ref>{{WRMS species|476553|''Ranularia oblita'' Lewis & Beu, 1976||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia oboesa'' (Perry, 1811)<ref>{{WRMS species|476554|''Ranularia oboesa'' (Perry, 1811)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia parthi'' (Arthur, 1991)<ref>{{WRMS species|476555|''Ranularia parthi'' (Arthur, 1991)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia pyrulum'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)<ref>{{WRMS species|476556|''Ranularia pyrulum'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia pyrum'' (Linnaeus, 1758)<ref>{{WRMS species|476557|''Ranularia pyrum'' (Linnaeus, 1758)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia rehderi'' (A.H. Verrill, 1950)<ref>{{WRMS species|476558|''Ranularia rehderi'' (A.H. Verrill, 1950)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia sarcostoma'' (Reeve, 1844)<ref>{{WRMS species|476559|''Ranularia sarcostoma'' (Reeve, 1844)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia sinensis'' (Reeve, 1844)<ref>{{WRMS species|476560|''Ranularia sinensis'' (Reeve, 1844)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia springsteeni'' (Beu, 1987)<ref>{{WRMS species|476561|''Ranularia springsteeni'' (Beu, 1987)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia testudinaria'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)<ref>{{WRMS species|476562|''Ranularia testudinaria'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia trilineata'' (Reeve, 1844)<ref>{{WRMS species|476563|''Ranularia trilineata'' (Reeve, 1844)||27 June 2010}}</ref> * ''Ranularia tripa'' (Lamarck, 1822)<ref>{{WRMS species|476564|''Ranularia tripa'' (Lamarck, 1822)||27 June 2010}}</ref> {{div col end}} ;Synonyms: * ''Ranularia (Lagena)'' <small>Mörch, 1852</small>: synonym of ''Gelagna'' <small>Schaufuss, 1869</small> (Invalid: junior homonym of ''Lagena'' <small>Röding, 1798</small> and ''Lagena'' <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>; ''Gelagna'' and ''Paralagena'' are replacement names) * ''Ranularia clavator'' <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small>: synonym of ''Ranularia gutturnia'' <small>(Röding, 1798)</small> * ''Ranularia labiata'' <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>: synonym of ''Ranularia gutturnia'' <small>(Röding, 1798)</small> * ''Ranularia longirostra'' <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>: synonym of ''Ranularia gutturnia'' <small>(Röding, 1798)</small> * ''Ranularia muricina'' <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>: synonym of ''Gutturnium muricinum'' <small>(Röding, 1798)</small> * ''Ranularia retusa'' <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>: synonym of ''Ranularia oboesa'' <small>(Perry, 1811)</small> * ''Ranularia tuberosus'' <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>: synonym of ''Gutturnium muricinum'' <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>

==References== {{Reflist}} * Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. 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== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls]

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Category:Cymatiidae

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