Neorapana muricata

Neorapana muricata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Neorapana muricata
Shell of Neorapana muricata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center )
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Neorapana
Species:	N. muricata
Binomial name
Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832)
Synonyms
Purpura muricata Broderip, 1832 (basionym) Purpura truncata Duclos, 1833 Thais (Neorapana) muricata (Broderip, 1832)

References

• 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.

External links

• Broderip, W. J. (1832). New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of south America and in the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 2: 124-126