Rapa rapa
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Herbert, David
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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
created: 1997-02-22T17:55:09Z
modified: 2026-06-26T12:17:24Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Gastropoda
family: Muricidae
genus: Rapa
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.
name published in: Bozzetti L. (2008) Rapana pellucida (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Muricidae: Rapaninae) nuove specie dal Madagascar Meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58: 5-6.
name published in: 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.
name published in: 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.
name published in: Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. 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)].
name published in: Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1869). Descriptions of marine Gastropoda from Ceylon, etc. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 38(2): 157-164, pl. 17.
name published in: Montrouzier, X. (1856). Description d'une coquille nouvelle ou peu connue. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et Applique. (2) 8: 471-472.
name published in: Thach, N. N. (2023). New shells of South Asia and Japan, Taiwan, China. Akron, Ohio: 48Hrs Book Company. 141 pp. [including 63 plates].
name published in year: 1816
name published in year: 2008
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1798
name published in year: 1853-1858
name published in year: 1869
name published in year: 1856
name published in year: 2023
order: Neogastropoda
parent name usage ID: 206544
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: rapa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted