Rapana
Rapana is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
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| A live but retracted individual of Rapana venosa showing the operculum, anterior end of the shell towards the upper left in this image. From the Black Sea, 2008 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Rapana H. C. F. Schumacher, 1817[1] |
Species
Species within the genus Rapana include:
- Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Rapana pellucida Bozzetti, 2008
- Rapana rapiformis (Born, 1778)
- Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)[2]
References
- Schumacher H. C. F. (1817). Ess. Vers test. 65: 214.
- Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) Zugriff über World Register of Marine Species am 9.01.2011 um 18.30 Uhr
External links
Data related to Rapana at Wikispecies
Media related to Rapana at Wikimedia Commons- www.gastropods.com
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