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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: RAPANINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Rapaninae (Subfamily)
> Rapana (Genus)
> venosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Purpura venosa Valenciennes, 1846
=Rapana marginata Valenciennes, 1846
=Rapana pechiliensis Grabau & S. G. King, 1928
=Rapana pontica F. Nordsieck, 1968
=Rapana thomasiana Crosse, 1861
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: RAPANINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Rapaninae (Subfamily)
> Rapana (Genus)
> venosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Purpura venosa Valenciennes, 1846
=Rapana marginata Valenciennes, 1846
=Rapana pechiliensis Grabau & S. G. King, 1928
=Rapana pontica F. Nordsieck, 1968
=Rapana thomasiana Crosse, 1861
Details: Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)
Size/Grows to:
Height 118mm, Width 85mm
Distribution:
In cray pots off Cape Maria van Diemen
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Not found living in NZ waters
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.172)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1974 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 8, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 11 (p.204)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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