Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae
Alternative spelling: Argobuccinum (Ranella)
Synonym: Mayena Iredale 1917
Parent taxon: Cymatiidae according to R. L. Squires 1983
See also Beu 1978, Beu 1988, Hendy 2007, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Cubestana, Distorsioninae
Subtaxa: Ranella anglica Ranella antiqua Ranella chilena Ranella cowlitzensis Ranella domenginica Ranella gemmifera Ranella intercostalis Ranella junghuhni Ranella katherineae Ranella leucostoma Ranella louellae Ranella magnifica Ranella olearium Ranella poppelacki Ranella prattii Ranella promensis Ranella tubercularis Ranella vancouverensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Italy (1), Namibia (1), Spain (1), Sudan (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene of Spain (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), France (2), India (3), Indonesia (3), Myanmar (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Florida), Vanuatu (1)
• Oligocene of Myanmar (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Mexico (2), United States (16: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (1), Greenland (1), Mexico (3), United States (15: Alabama, California, Illinois, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 64 collections including 67 occurrences
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