MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Ranella hastula Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Ranella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 2, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: July 1844]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937195
page(s): plate 8, species no. 42 [details]
basis of record
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 207 [details]
additional source
Vokes, E. H. (1985). Review of the West Coast aspelloids <i>Aspella</i> and <i>Dermomurex</i> (Gastropoda: Muricidae), with the descriptions of two new species. <em>The Veliger.</em> 27(4): 430-439., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42481486#page/454/
page(s): 432, fig. 4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality