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Ranella louellae Beu, 1988 †
1617015 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1617015)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Beu, A. G. (1988). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 5. Early history of the families, with four new genera and recognition of the family Personidae. <em>Saito Ho-on Kai Special Publication.</em> (Prof. T. Kotaka Commemorative volume): 69-96., available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/33176/33176.pdf
page(s): 78, pl. 4, figs. 1-3 [details]
page(s): 78, pl. 4, figs. 1-3 [details]
Type locality contained in California
, Note abrupt hill slope on south side of road, south...
type locality contained in California (origin: native) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality abrupt hill slope on south side of road, south side of Panoche Creek, 0.75 miles east of junction with Silver Creek, Tumey Hills, Fresno County [details]
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist, LouElla R. Saul (1927-2021).
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist, LouElla R. Saul (1927-2021). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ranella louellae Beu, 1988 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1617015 on 2025-09-11
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Beu, A. G. (1988). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 5. Early history of the families, with four new genera and recognition of the family Personidae. <em>Saito Ho-on Kai Special Publication.</em> (Prof. T. Kotaka Commemorative volume): 69-96., available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/33176/33176.pdf
page(s): 78, pl. 4, figs. 1-3 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 39, pl. S82 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 78, pl. 4, figs. 1-3 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 39, pl. S82 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
