WoRMS taxon details
Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
215776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215776)
accepted
Species
Bulla rapa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Murex rapa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pyrula papyracea Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pyrula penardi Montrouzier, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rapa franzhuberi Thach, 2023 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rapa papyracea (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Rapa pellucida Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rapa penardi (Montrouzier, 1856) · unaccepted
Rapa striata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rapa tenuis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rapana bella G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rapana pellucida Bozzetti, 2008 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex rapa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 752 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 752 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215776 on 2026-08-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pyrula papyracea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Rapana pellucida Bozzetti, 2008) Bozzetti L. (2008) <i>Rapana pellucida</i> (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Muricidae: Rapaninae) nuove specie dal Madagascar Meridionale. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 58: 5-6. [details]
original description (of Murex rapa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 752 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Rapa pellucida Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Rapa striata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Rapa tenuis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 1: 137 [details]
original description (of Rapana bella G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1869). Descriptions of marine Gastropoda from Ceylon, etc. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 38(2): 157-164, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37201064
page(s): 161, pl. 17, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Pyrula penardi Montrouzier, 1856) Montrouzier, X. (1856). Description d'une coquille nouvelle ou peu connue. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et Applique.</em> (2) 8: 471-472.
page(s): 471 [details]
original description (of Rapa franzhuberi Thach, 2023) Thach, N. N. (2023). <i>New shells of South Asia and Japan, Taiwan, China</i>. Akron, Ohio: 48Hrs Book Company. 141 pp. [including 63 plates].
page(s): 37, figs 212-213 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 481-585. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 559 [details]
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Rapana pellucida Bozzetti, 2008) Bozzetti L. (2008) <i>Rapana pellucida</i> (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Muricidae: Rapaninae) nuove specie dal Madagascar Meridionale. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 58: 5-6. [details]
original description (of Murex rapa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 752 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Rapa pellucida Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Rapa striata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Rapa tenuis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 1: 137 [details]
original description (of Rapana bella G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1869). Descriptions of marine Gastropoda from Ceylon, etc. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 38(2): 157-164, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37201064
page(s): 161, pl. 17, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Pyrula penardi Montrouzier, 1856) Montrouzier, X. (1856). Description d'une coquille nouvelle ou peu connue. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et Applique.</em> (2) 8: 471-472.
page(s): 471 [details]
original description (of Rapa franzhuberi Thach, 2023) Thach, N. N. (2023). <i>New shells of South Asia and Japan, Taiwan, China</i>. Akron, Ohio: 48Hrs Book Company. 141 pp. [including 63 plates].
page(s): 37, figs 212-213 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 481-585. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 559 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa.</i> Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574
page(s): 192. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 114. [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 42, pl. 2, fig. 13 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574
page(s): 192. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 114. [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 42, pl. 2, fig. 13 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | papery rapabubble turnip | [details] |
| German | Rettichschnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | カブラガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Rapa papyracea (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa GIANT)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa LARGE)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa MALE)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa WHITE)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa with HIPPONIX)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rapa rapa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, Bohol, ex coll. F.J.A. Sli...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Rapa papyracea (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa GIANT)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa LARGE)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa MALE)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa WHITE)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa with HIPPONIX)
To Conchology (Rapa rapa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rapa rapa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, Bohol, ex coll. F.J.A. Sli...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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