Neorapana muricata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Shell of Neorapana muricata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center ) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Neorapana |
| Species: | N. muricata
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| Binomial name | |
| Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832)
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Description
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Distribution
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References
edit- ^ a b Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 June 2012.
- 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.
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