''Rapa'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of sea snails,

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Ne ...

, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus ''Rapa'' include: * ''

Rapa bulbiformis ''Rapa bulbiformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description Distribution Pacific Ocean: Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commo ...

'' Sowerby, 1870 * ''

Rapa bulbosa ''Rapana rapiformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 ...

'' * ''

Rapa incurvus Rapa may refer to: People * Oltion Rapa (born 1989), Albanian footballer Places * Rapa Nui, the native name of Easter Island, a special territory of Chile * Rapa Iti, one of the Bass Islands in French Polynesia * Rapa, Poland, a village in ...

'' (Dunker, 1852) * ''

Rapa papyracea ''Rapa rapa'', common name the bubble turnip, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description Rapa rapa was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus as '' Murex ra ...

'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''

Rapa penardi ''Rapa rapa'', common name the bubble turnip, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description Rapa rapa was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus as '' Murex ra ...

'' Montroux * '' Rapa rapa''

References

Coralliophilinae {{Coralliophilinae-stub