Neorapana muricata

Neorapana muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Neorapana
Species: N. muricata
Binomial name
Neorapana muricata
(Broderip, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura muricata Broderip, 1832 (basionym)
  • Purpura truncata Duclos, 1833
  • Thais (Neorapana) muricata (Broderip, 1832)

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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