Neorapana grandis

Neorapana grandis is a species of large predatory tropical sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.[2]

Neorapana grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Genus:
Neorapana
Species:
N. grandis
Binomial name
Neorapana grandis
Sowerby I, 1835
Synonyms[2]
  • Monoceros grandis Sowerby I, 1835
  • Purpura grayi Kiener, 1835-36
  • Thais (Neorapana) grandis (Sowerby I, 1835)

Distribution

This species is endemic to Ecuador, specifically to the Galapagos Islands.

Description

The shell of this species is 60 to 90 mm (2½ to 3½ inches) long, with brown scaly spiral ribbing.

References
  1. Finet Y. (1996). Neorapana grandis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Neorapana grandis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405034 on 2012-06-11
  • A. Myra Keen, Sea shells of tropical west America, 1971, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California


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