Subfamily of gastropods
Rapaninae is a subfamily of predatory sea snails , marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae .[ 1]
This subfamily was known as Thaidinae until 1993.
Shell description
The shell is usually more or less pyriforra, and often produced anteriorly. The spire is short. The inner lip is convex and smooth. The shells of species in this subfamily typically do not have a varix , but strong axial sculpture is often present.
The operculum is ovate, blunt. The nucleus is elongate, forming the outer or hinder edge.[ 2]
Genera
Genera within the subfamily Rapaninae include:
Acanthais Vermeij & Kool, 1994 Agnewia Woods, 1878 † Califrapana C. L. Powell & Houart, 2021
† Chesathais Petuch, 1988
Concholepas Lamarck , 1801Cymia Mörch , 1860Dicathais Iredale , 1936Drupa Röding , 1798Drupina Dall , 1923† Ecphora Conrad, 1843
Indothais Claremont, Vermeij, Williams & Reid, 2013 Mancinella Link, 1807 Menathais Iredale , 1937Nassa Röding , 1798Neorapana Cooke , 1918Neothais Iredale , 1912Phycothais Tan, 2003 [ 3] Pinaxia Adams & Adams , 1853Plicopurpura Cossmann , 1903Purpura Bruguière , 1789Rapana Schumacher , 1817Reishia Kuroda & Habe, 1971Semiricinula Martens , 1903Stramonita Schumacher , 1817Taurasia Bellardi, 1882 Thais Röding , 1798Thaisella Clench, 1947 Tribulus Adams & Adams , 1853Tylothais Houart, 2017 Vasula Mörch , 1860Vexilla Swainson , 1840Genera brought into synonymy
Canrena Link, 1807 : synonym of Drupa Röding , 1798Conchopatella Herrmannsen, 1847 : synonym of Concholepas Lamarck , 1801Conchulus Rafinesque , 1815Concholepas Lamarck , 1801Conothais Kuroda , 1930Pinaxia Adams & Adams , 1853Cuma Swainson , 1840Cymia Mörch , 1860Cumopsis Rovereto, 1899 : synonym of Cymia Mörch , 1860Iopas Adams & Adams , 1853Nassa Röding , 1798Menathais Iredale , 1937Thais (Thalessa) H. & Adams , 1853 Microtoma Swainson , 1840Plicopurpura Cossmann , 1903Patellipurpura Dall , 1909Plicopurpura Cossmann , 1903Pentadactylus Mörch , 1852Drupa Röding , 1798Planithais Bayle in Fischer, 1884 : synonym of Tribulus Adams & Adams , 1853Provexillum Hedley, 1918 : synonym of Vexilla Swainson , 1840Purpura Röding , 1798Trunculariopsis Cossmann , 1921Purpurella Dall , 1872Plicopurpura Cossmann , 1903Ricinella Schumacher , 1817Drupa Röding, 1798 Ricinula Lamarck , 1816Drupa Röding , 1798Simplicotaurasia Sacco, 1890 : synonym of Taurasia Bellardi, 1882 Sistrum Montfort , 1810Drupa Röding , 1798
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