Rapana

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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Rapana; H. C. F. Schumacher, 1817

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

Description

The shell of Rapana has a large body whorl, a correspondingly large aperture and a low spire. The surface is covered in a thin calcitic layer. The rachidian teeth have three large cusps but no marginal cusps, instead the outer sides of the lateral cusps on the rachidian have a comb-like region.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Rapana include:

Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767)
Rapana rapiformis (Born, 1778)
Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)^[3]

Synonyms

Rapana bella G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869: synonym of Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rapana bulbosa (Dillwyn, 1817): synonym of Rapana rapiformis (Born, 1778)
Rapana clathrata A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Coralliophila clathrata (A. Adams, 1854) (original combination)
Rapana coralliophila A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798) (junior synonym)
Rapana foliacea Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767)
Rapana fragilis A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
Rapana fritschi E. von Martens, 1874: synonym of Coralliophila fritschi (E. von Martens, 1874) (original combination)
Rapana fusiformis Martens, 1902: synonym of Mipus fusiformis (Martens, 1902) (original combination)
† Rapana imperialis Hertlein & E. K. Jordan, 1927: synonym of † Califrapana vaquerosensis (Arnold, 1907)
Rapana japonica Dunker, 1882: synonym of Babelomurex japonicus (Dunker, 1882) (original combination)
Rapana lischkeana Dunker, 1882: synonym of Babelomurex lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882) (original combination)
Rapana mira Cotton & Godfrey, 1932: synonym of Coralliophila mira (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) (original combination)
† Rapana neozelanica: synonym of † Fascioplex liraecostata (Suter, 1917) (original combination)
Rapana nodosa A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Coralliophila nodosa (A. Adams, 1854) (original combination)
Rapana pechiliensis Grabau & S. G. King, 1928: synonym of Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)
Rapana pellucida Bozzetti, 2008: synonym of Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rapana pontica F. Nordsieck, 1968: synonym of Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)
Rapana pulchella A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Coralliophila pulchella (A. Adams, 1854) (original combination)
Rapana rhodostoma A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Latirus rhodostoma (A. Adams, 1855) (original combination)
† Rapana serrai Wiedey, 1928: synonym of †Califrapana vaquerosensis (Arnold, 1907)
Rapana suturalis (A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
Rapana thomasiana Crosse, 1861: synonym of Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) (synonym)
† Rapana waihaoensis Suter, 1917 : synonym of † Fascioplex neozelanica (Suter, 1917)

References

^ Schumacher H. C. F. (1817). Ess. Vers test. 65: 214.
^ Tan, K. S. (March 2000). "Species checklist of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the South China Sea" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 48 (8): 495–512.
^ 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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[1] Schumacher H. C. F. (1817). Ess. Vers test. 65: 214.

[2] Tan, K. S. (March 2000). "Species checklist of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the South China Sea" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 48 (8): 495–512.

[WoRMS-3] Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) Zugriff über World Register of Marine Species am 9.01.2011 um 18.30 Uhr

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