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Rapana
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).
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
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1817 | Rapana Schumacher |
| 1923 | Rapana Clark and Arnold p. 161 |
| 1960 | Rapana MacNeil p. 62 |
| 1977 | Rapana Adegoke p. 212 |
| 1994 | Rapana Wilson p. 46 |
| 2002 | Rapana Sepkoski |
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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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Rapana bulbosa Solander 1817
†Rapana mekranica Cox 1936
†Rapana perrini Clark and Arnold 1923
†Rapana vaughani Mansfield 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Holocene or 61.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selandian | Nigeria | R. ewekoroensis (7791) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (North Carolina) | R. vaughani (71652) | |
| Chattian | USA (Mississippi) | R. vaughani (204653) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | USA (Florida) | R. vaughani (60985 61070 61111) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | USA (Georgia) | R. vaughani (61130) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Pakistan | R. sp. (55397) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Pakistan | R. bulbosa (77135) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Iran | R. mekranica (79071) | |
| Pliocene | Pakistan | R. bulbosa (55399) R. sp. (55400) R. sp., R. bulbosa (55398) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan | R. thomsoni (62301) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Taiwan | R. thomasiana (96255 96258) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Okinawa) | R. sp. (42358) | |
| Pleistocene | Japan | R. thomasiana (96946 96969 96970 97028 97029) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | R. thomasiana (96943 96944) R. venosa (97961) | |
| Holocene | Japan | R. bezoar (51310) |