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Release 31.03 went live 18th November, 2011

Rapana venosa

(Valenciennes, A., 1846) Thomas's Rapa Whelk Shell size 80 - 200 mm Japan, S.E.Asia, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Mediterranian Sea, Black Sea
Taxonomic Information
ClassGASTROPODA ORTHOGASTROPODA
OrderNEOGASTROPODA
SuperFamilyMURICOIDEA
FamilyMURICIDAE RAPANINAE
open bookPage/Plate
Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropodsp 271/1
Shell Encyclopediap 147
The Shell Handbookp 125
Compendium of Seashellsp 149/3.4
Eyewitness handbooks - Shellsp 113
Shells of Japanp 137
Shells of Taiwan Illustrated in Colourp 319/2-3
European Seashellsp 271/23
Recent Mediterranean & Northeastern Atlantic Muricidaep 194/439
Synonyms
Rapa marginata Valenciennes, A., 1846
Rapana pontica Nordsieck, F., 1968 : Black Sea
Die Europ. Meeres-Gehäuseschn. (Prosob.)
cameraImage Acknowledgments
1 Mollusc Net Auctions
2 Guido Poppe
3 Baroque Cabinet
4 Mollusc Net Auctions
5 Carlos Carvalho
6 Carlos Carvalho
7 Eddie Hardy
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