''Neorapana'' is a
genus
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of large
predatory
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tropical
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sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Muricidae
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, the rock snails.
[WoRMS (2010). Neorapana Cooke, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405033 on 2012-06-11]
Species
Species within the genus ''Neorapana'' include:
* ''
Neorapana grandis''
Sowerby I, 1835
* ''
Neorapana iwamasai''
Petuch, Berschauer & C. L. Powell, 2024
* ''
Neorapana muricata''
(Broderip, 1832)
* ''
Neorapana tuberculata''
(Sowerby I, 1835)
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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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