Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Ranellidae > Genus Ranella

Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ranella*	Lamarck, 1816	accepted genus name
*Gyrina*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym

Species group names

*Argobuccinum giganteum*	(Lamarck, 1816)	synonym
*Argobuccinum giganteum duplonodosum*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Argobuccinum giganteum exile*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Argobuccinum giganteum inflatum*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Argobuccinum giganteum nodosum*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Argobuccinum giganteum rarituberculatum*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Argobuccinum giganteum var. oceanica*	Coen, 1941	synonym
*Argobuccinum pertuberculiferum*	Bellardi, 1872	synonym
*Gyrina maculata*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Murex boveus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Murex olearium*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Ranella barcellosi*	Matthews, Rios & Coelho, 1973	synonym
*Ranella bronni*	Michelotti, 1847	synonym
*Ranella gigantea*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Ranella gigantea var. atlantica*	Monterosato, 1890	synonym
*Ranella incerta*	Michelotti, 1847	synonym
*Ranella miocenica*	Michelotti, 1847	synonym
*Ranella olearia*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Ranella reticularis*	(Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Deshayes, 1839	synonym
*Ranella reticularis f. isba*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Ranella reticularis var. altavillensis*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Ranella reticularis var. mediterranea*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Ranella reticularis var. meneghinii*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Triton parmense*	Sismonda, 1842	synonym; nom. nud.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: giant frogsnail; oil-vessel triton; wandering triton sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Große Krötenschnecke; Großes Argushorn; Großes Ochsenauge; Krötenschnecke; Ölkrug; Taschenschnecke; Wandernde Tritonschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Beu, A. G. (2010). 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: 1-550.
additional source	Finlay, C. J. & Vink, D. L. N. (1982). New records of Cymatiidae (Gastropoda) in the Western Atlantic. The Nautilus. 96(4): 132-134, figs. 1-6.
additional source	Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
additional source	Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141115