| Rapa rapa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
| Genus: | Rapa |
| Species: | R. rapa |
| Binomial name | |
| Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Rapa rapa, common name the bubble turnip, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
Rapa rapa was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus as Murex rapa. [2] Its shell size can range from 40 to 105 mm. [3]
Rapa rapa is found near the Indian Ocean in locations such as Madagascar, [4] the Chagos Archipelago, [5] and the coasts of Tanzania, where it was described in 1856 by Xavier Montrouzier as Rapa penardi. [6] It is also found in the east on the coasts of China [7] and the Philippines. [8]
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