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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
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)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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