Rapana bezoar

Rapana bezoar
Rapana bezoar Linnaeus, 1767
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Rapana
Species:	R. bezoar
Binomial name
Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms [1]
Buccinum bezoar Linnaeus, 1767 Rapana foliacea Schumacher, 1817 Volema pheata Röding, 1798

Rapana bezoar is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Distribution

R. bezoar is found in the Indo-West Pacific in warm water at depths of 25-37 meters. ^[2]

References

1. Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
2. "Rapana bezoar, Bezoar rapana". sealifebase.se. Retrieved 31 December 2023.