Rapana rapiformis

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

Rapana rapiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
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

Description

References

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


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