Neorapana grandis

Neorapana grandis
Shell of Neorapana grandis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
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)

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to Ecuador, specifically to the Galapagos Islands.[citation needed]

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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14561A4444519. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14561A4444519.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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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