Rapana rapiformis

Rapana rapiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Rapana
Species: R. rapiformis
Binomial name
Rapana rapiformis
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum bulbosa Dillwyn, 1817
Murex rapa Gmelin, 1791
Murex rapiformis Born, 1778
Rapa volema Röding, 1798

Rapana rapiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Rapana rapiformis (Born, 1778).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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