''Rapana'' is a

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of large

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sea snails,

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gastropod

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s in the

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, the rock snails.

Description

The shell of ''Rapana'' has a large body

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, a correspondingly large

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and a low

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. The surface is covered in a thin calcitic layer. The rachidian teeth have three large cusps but no marginal cusps, instead the outer sides of the lateral cusps on the rachidian have a comb-like region.

Species

Species within the genus ''Rapana'' include: * '' Rapana bezoar'' (

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, 1767) * '' Rapana rapiformis'' (Born, 1778) * ''

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'' (Valenciennes, 1846)Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)
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am 9.01.2011 um 18.30 Uhr ;Synonyms: * ''Rapana bella'' G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869: synonym of '' Rapa rapa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Rapana bulbosa'' (Dillwyn, 1817): synonym of ''Rapana rapiformis'' (Born, 1778) * ''Rapana clathrata'' A. Adams, 1854: synonym of '' Coralliophila clathrata'' (A. Adams, 1854) (original combination) * ''Rapana coralliophila'' A. Adams, 1854: synonym of ''

Coralliophila erosa ''Coralliophila erosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The shell size varies between 15 mm and 35 mm Distribution This marine species occ ...

'' (Röding, 1798) (junior synonym) * ''Rapana foliacea'' Schumacher, 1817: synonym of ''Rapana bezoar'' (Linnaeus, 1767) * ''Rapana fragilis'' A. Adams, 1854: synonym of ''

'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Rapana fritschi'' E. von Martens, 1874: synonym of '' Coralliophila fritschi'' (E. von Martens, 1874) (original combination) * ''Rapana fusiformis'' Martens, 1902: synonym of '' Mipus fusiformis'' (Martens, 1902) (original combination) * † ''Rapana imperialis'' Hertlein & E. K. Jordan, 1927: synonym of † '' Califrapana vaquerosensis'' (Arnold, 1907) * ''Rapana japonica'' Dunker, 1882: synonym of '' Babelomurex japonicus'' (Dunker, 1882) (original combination) * ''Rapana lischkeana'' Dunker, 1882: synonym of '' Babelomurex lischkeanus'' (Dunker, 1882) (original combination) * ''Rapana mira'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1932: synonym of '' Coralliophila mira'' (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) (original combination) * † ''Rapana neozelanica'': synonym of † '' Fascioplex liraecostata'' (Suter, 1917) (original combination) * ''Rapana nodosa'' A. Adams, 1854: synonym of '' Coralliophila nodosa'' (A. Adams, 1854) (original combination) * ''Rapana pechiliensis'' Grabau & S. G. King, 1928: synonym of ''Rapana venosa'' (Valenciennes, 1846) * ''Rapana pellucida'' Bozzetti, 2008: synonym of '' Rapa rapa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Rapana pontica'' F. Nordsieck, 1968: synonym of ''Rapana venosa'' (Valenciennes, 1846) * ''Rapana pulchella'' A. Adams, 1854: synonym of ''

Coralliophila pulchella ''Coralliophila pulchella'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Coralliophila pulchella'' (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' (A. Adams, 1854) (original combination) * ''Rapana rhodostoma'' A. Adams, 1855: synonym of ''

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'' (A. Adams, 1855) (original combination) * † ''Rapana serrai'' Wiedey, 1928: synonym of †'' Califrapana vaquerosensis'' (Arnold, 1907) * ''Rapana suturalis'' (A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853): synonym of ''

'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Rapana thomasiana'' Crosse, 1861: synonym of ''Rapana venosa'' (Valenciennes, 1846) (synonym) * † ''Rapana waihaoensis'' Suter, 1917 : synonym of † '' Fascioplex neozelanica'' (Suter, 1917)

References

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