Rapana

For other uses, see Rapana (disambiguation).
Rapana
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
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Rapana
H. C. F. Schumacher, 1817[1]

Rapana is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Rapana include:

References

  1. Schumacher H. C. F. (1817). Ess. Vers test. 65: 214.
  2. Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) Zugriff über World Register of Marine Species am 9.01.2011 um 18.30 Uhr

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