Rapa rapa

Rapa rapa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Rapa
Species: R. rapa
Binomial name
Rapa rapa
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Bulla rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Murex rapa Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Pyrula papyracea Lamarck, 1816
  • Rapa papyracea (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Rapa pellucida Röding, 1798
  • Rapa penardi Montrouzier, 1856
  • Rapa striata Röding, 1798
  • Rapa tenuis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858

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

Rapa rapa was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus as Murex rapa.[2] Its shell size can range from 40 to 105 mm.[3]

Distribution

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

  1. ↑ Rapa rapa .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ "Rapa rapa". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  4. ↑ Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv för Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, 12(6): 1-52, 4 pl.
  5. ↑ Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50.
  6. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rapa penardi Montrouzier, 1856". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  7. ↑ Morton B. & Morton JE. (1983). The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
  8. ↑ "WoRMS - Photogallery". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.



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