Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Parent taxon: Rapaninae according to M. Claremont et al. 2013
See also Adegoke 1977, Clark and Arnold 1923, MacNeil 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Acanthais, Agnewia, Califrapana, Concholepas, Cymia, Dicathais, Drupa, Drupina, Ecphora, Indothais, Mancinella, Menathais, Nassa, Neorapana, Neothais, Phycothais, Pinaxia, Plicopurpura, Purpura, Reishia, Sargana, Semiricinula, Stramonita, Taurasia, Thais, Thaisella, Thalessa, Tribulus, Tritonopsis, Vasula, Vexilla
Subtaxa: Rapana (Nigerapana) Rapana bulbosa Rapana mekranica Rapana perrini Rapana vaughani
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (11 collections), Taiwan (2)
• Pliocene of Iran (1), Pakistan (3)
• Miocene of Pakistan (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (4: Florida, Georgia)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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