Biology:Neorapana muricata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Neorapana muricata
Shell of Neorapana muricata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Neorapana
Species:	N. muricata
Binomial name
Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832)
Synonyms
Purpura muricata Broderip, 1832 (basionym) Purpura truncata Duclos, 1833 Thais (Neorapana) muricata (Broderip, 1832)

Neorapana muricata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

References

• Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102.

External links

• Broderip, W. J. (1832). New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of south America and in the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 2: 124-126

Wikidata ☰ Q6993782 entry