Rapana bezoar

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Rapana bezoar
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Rapana bezoar Linnaeus, 1767
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 Rapana bezoar (Linnaeus, 1767) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.