“SYSTEMATICS
Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797
Superfamily Tonnoidea Suter, 1913
Family Ranellidae Gray, 1854
Genus Obscuranella new genus
Type species: Obscuranella papyrodes new species
Diagnosis: Protoconch unknown. Teleoconch large, pyriform, thin, with large aperture, single, rounded, unthickened terminal varix adjacent to thin, flared outer lip in adult specimens. Shell sculpture limited to fine, widely spaced, spiral cords. Operculum very small, sharply tapering anteriorly, with anterior terminal nucleus. Proboscis wall extremely thick, paired proboscis retractor muscles absent. Rachidian teeth lacking lateral basal denticles. Salivary glands large, differentiated. Osphrachum bipectinate.
Etymology: Obscurus (L.)—obscure, unclear + Ranella—genus of Ranellidae.”
(Kantor & Harasewych, 2000: 103)
Obscuranella is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]
Species within the genus Obscuranella include:
Obscuranella is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.
