Ranina

Ranina is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Raninidae. It has two extant species.

Distribution

Fossils of these crabs have been found in the sediments of United States, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Turkey and Australia from the Paleogene period to Recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 Ma).

Species

Species within this genus include:

• † Ranina americana <small> Withers, 1924</small>
• † Ranina berglundi <small> Squires and Demetrion, 1992</small>
• Ranina bouilleana <small> Milne-Edwards, 1872</small>
• † Ranina brevispina <small> Lorenthey, 1898</small>
• † Ranina burleighensis <small> Holland and Cvancara, 1958</small>
• † Ranina cuspidata <small> Guppy, 1909</small>
• † Ranina elegans <small> Rathbun, 1945</small>
• † Ranina granulosa <small> Milne-Edwards, 1872</small>
• † Ranina haszlinskyi <small> Reuss, 1859</small>
• † Ranina hirsuta <small> Schafhautl, 1863</small>
• † Ranina lamiensis <small> Rathbun, 1945</small>
• † Ranina molengraaffi <small> Van Straelen, 1924</small>
• † Ranina oblonga <small> Munster, 1840</small>
• † Ranina palmea <small> Sismonda, 1846</small>
• † Ranina porifera <small> Woodward, 1866</small>
• † Ranina propinqua <small> Ristori, 1891</small>
• † Ranina quinquespinosa <small> Rathbun, 1945</small>
• Ranina ranina <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
• † Ranina speciosa <small> Munster, 1840</small>
• † Ranina tejoniana <small> Rathbun, 1926</small>

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