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Rapana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Rapana was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Muricidae by Clark and Arnold (1923); to Rapaninae by MacNeil (1960) and Adegoke (1977); to Thaidinae by Wilson (1994); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Rapana Schumacher
1923Rapana Clark and Arnold p. 161
1960Rapana MacNeil p. 62
1977Rapana Adegoke p. 212
1994Rapana Wilson p. 46
2002Rapana Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyRapaninaeGray 1853
genusRapanaSchumacher 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rapana Schumacher 1817
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Subg. †Rapana (Nigerapana) Adegoke 1977
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Rapana bulbosa Solander 1817
Rapana mekranica Cox 1936
Rapana perrini Clark and Arnold 1923
Rapana vaughani Mansfield 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available