Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Rapaninae > Genus Rapana

Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rapana*	Schumacher, 1817	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Purpura venosa*	Valenciennes, 1846	basionym
*Purpura venosa*	Valenciennes, 1846	synonym
*Rapana pechiliensis*	Grabau & King, 1928	synonym
*Rapana pontica*	Nordsieck, 1968	synonym
*Rapana thomasiana*	Crosse, 1861	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: geaderde stekelhoorn

English: veined whelk sources: Kerckhof, F.; Vink, R.J.; Nieweg, D.C.; Post, J.J.N. (2006). [The veined whelk Rapana venosa has reached the North Sea]. Aquatic Invasions 1(1): 35-37

Greek: Μυδοφάγος; Όστρακο του Θωμά

Literature

original description	Valenciennes A. (1846). Mollusques. [in] Du Petit-Thouars. Voyage autour du monde sur la fregate La Venus pendant 1836-1839. Atlas de Zoologie.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Kerckhof, F.; Vink, R.J.; Nieweg, D.C.; Post, J.J.N. (2006). [The veined whelk Rapana venosa has reached the North Sea]. Aquatic Invasions 1(1): 35-37
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (199 nucleotides; 190 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
Barcode of Life (53 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2014). Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140416