Neorapana grandis
| Neorapana grandis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Neorapana |
| Species: | N. grandis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neorapana grandis Sowerby I, 1835 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Neorapana grandis is a species of large predatory tropical sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. [2]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Ecuador, specifically to the Galapagos Islands.
Description
The shell of this species is 60 to 90 mm (2½ to 3½ inches) long, with brown scaly spiral ribbing.
References
- ↑ Finet Y. (1996). Neorapana grandis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Neorapana grandis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405034 on 2012-06-11
- A. Myra Keen, Sea shells of tropical west America, 1971, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California
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