Neorapana grandis

Neorapana grandis
Shell of Neorapana grandis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Neorapana
Species:	N. grandis
Binomial name
Neorapana grandis Sowerby I, 1835
Synonyms [2]
Monoceros grandisSowerby I, 1835 Purpura grayiKiener, 1835-36 Thais (Neorapana) grandis(Sowerby I, 1835)

Neorapana grandis is a species of large predatory tropical sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Ecuador, specifically to the Galapagos Islands.^{[ citation needed ]}

Description

The shell of this species is 60 to 90 mm (2½ to 3½ inches) long, with brown scaly spiral ribbing.

References

1. Finet, Y. (1996). "Neorapana grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T14561A4444519. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14561A4444519.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Neorapana grandis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405034 on 2012-06-11

• A. Myra Keen, Sea shells of tropical west America, 1971, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California