Rapa rapa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
| Genus: | Rapa |
| Species: | R. rapa
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| Binomial name | |
| Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Rapa rapa, common name the bubble turnip, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]Rapa rapa was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus as Murex rapa.[2] Its shell size can range from 40 to 105 mm (1.6 to 4.1 in).[3]
Distribution
[edit]Rapa rapa is found near the Indian Ocean in locations such as Madagascar,[4] the Chagos Archipelago,[5] and the coasts of Tanzania, where it was described in 1856 by Xavier Montrouzier as Rapa penardi.[6] It is also found in the east on the coasts of China[7] and the Philippines.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rapa rapa. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online
- ^ "Rapa rapa". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv för Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, 12(6): 1–52, 4 pl.
- ^ Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43–50.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rapa penardi Montrouzier, 1856". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ Morton B. & Morton JE. (1983). The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
- ^ "WoRMS - Photogallery". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
- Nevill, G.; Nevill, H. (1869). Descriptions of marine Gastropoda from Ceylon, etc. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 38(2): 157-164, pl. 17
- Bozzetti L. (2008) Rapana pellucida (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Muricidae: Rapaninae) nuove specie dal Madagascar Meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58: 5-6.
- Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585.
- Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
- Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
[edit]- Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp.
- Nevill, G.; Nevill, H. (1869). Descriptions of marine Gastropoda from Ceylon, etc. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 38(2): 157-164, pl. 17
- Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
- Rapa rapa at WoRMS
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