Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand
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Ranella australasia (G. Perry, 1811)
Ranella australasia has a brown shell with a high tip, low ridges around the whorls and a relatively wide opening. In some colonies, albinistic specimens are even quite common.
The relatively large individuals are seen less often on the south coast than those on the reefs of New South Wales, but they do grow larger. Occasionally, specimens are trawled from the edge of the continental shelf.
Ranella australasia is a predatory snail.
Synonymed names:
Biplex australasia G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mayena australasia (G. Perry, 1811) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mayena australasia australasia G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mayena australasia benthicola Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mayena australasia blacki A. W. B. Powell, 1954 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mayena australasia vossi A. W. B. Powell, 1952 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mayena euclia Cotton, 1945 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mayena kurtzei Cotton, 1957 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mayena zelandica H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ranella australasia australasia (G. Perry, 1811) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Ranella leucostoma Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Direct children(2)
Subspecies Ranella australasia australasia (G. Perry, 1811) accepted as Ranella australasia (G. Perry, 1811) (superseded combination)
Subspecies Ranella australasia gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889) accepted as Ranella gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889)
Ranella australasia has a brown shell with a high tip, low ridges around the whorls and a relatively wide opening. In some colonies, albinistic specimens are even quite common.
The relatively large individuals are seen less often on the south coast than those on the reefs of New South Wales, but they do grow larger. Occasionally, specimens are trawled from the edge of the continental shelf.
Ranella australasia is a predatory snail.
Synonymed names:
Biplex australasia G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mayena australasia (G. Perry, 1811) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mayena australasia australasia G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mayena australasia benthicola Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mayena australasia blacki A. W. B. Powell, 1954 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mayena australasia vossi A. W. B. Powell, 1952 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mayena euclia Cotton, 1945 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mayena kurtzei Cotton, 1957 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mayena zelandica H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ranella australasia australasia (G. Perry, 1811) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Ranella leucostoma Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Direct children(2)
Subspecies Ranella australasia australasia (G. Perry, 1811) accepted as Ranella australasia (G. Perry, 1811) (superseded combination)
Subspecies Ranella australasia gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889) accepted as Ranella gemmifera (Euthyme, 1889)
