WoRMS taxon details
Rapana rapiformis (Born, 1778)
AphiaID: 140415
AphiaID: 140415
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Rapaninae (Subfamily) > Rapana (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Rapana Schumacher, 1817 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Murex rapa Gmelin, 1791 (synonym) Murex rapiformis Born, 1778 (original combination) Rapa bulbosa (Dillwyn, 1817) Rapa volema Röding, 1798 (synonym) Rapana bulbosa (Dillwyn, 1817) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013], available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] from synonym: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] identification resource: Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) (not valid) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 9 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: A distinctive shell, up to 7 cm, with low spire, large body whorl and wide aperture. Spire whorls with deep sutures and moderate-sized tubercles (2-3 rows of tubercles on body whorl, most prominent on shoulder). Colour mottled orange, brown and cream; aperture white. Habitat: deep water on sand. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to G Oman. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140415 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2013). Rapana rapiformis (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140415 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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