Rapana
Rapana is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
Description
The shell of Rapana has a large body whorl, a correspondingly large aperture and a low spire. 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 Rapana rapiformis Rapana venosa;Synonyms:Rapana bella G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869: synonym of Rapa rapa Rapana bulbosa : synonym of Rapana rapiformis Rapana clathrata A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Coralliophila clathrata Rapana coralliophila A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Coralliophila erosa Rapana foliacea Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Rapana bezoar Rapana fragilis A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Coralliophila erosa Rapana fritschi E. von Martens, 1874: synonym of Coralliophila fritschi Rapana fusiformis Martens, 1902: synonym of Mipus fusiformis
- † Rapana imperialis Hertlein & E. K. Jordan, 1927: synonym of † Califrapana vaquerosensis Rapana japonica Dunker, 1882: synonym of Babelomurex japonicus Rapana lischkeana Dunker, 1882: synonym of Babelomurex lischkeanus Rapana mira Cotton & Godfrey, 1932: synonym of Coralliophila mira
- † Rapana neozelanica: synonym of † Fascioplex liraecostata Rapana nodosa A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Coralliophila nodosa Rapana pechiliensis Grabau & S. G. King, 1928: synonym of Rapana venosa Rapana pellucida Bozzetti, 2008: synonym of Rapa rapa Rapana pontica F. Nordsieck, 1968: synonym of Rapana venosa Rapana pulchella A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Coralliophila pulchella Rapana rhodostoma A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Latirus rhodostoma
- † Rapana serrai Wiedey, 1928: synonym of †Califrapana vaquerosensis Rapana suturalis : synonym of Coralliophila erosa Rapana thomasiana Crosse, 1861: synonym of Rapana venosa
- † Rapana waihaoensis Suter, 1917 : synonym of † ''Fascioplex neozelanica''