Rapana rapiformis

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

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

Description

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


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