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Rapaninae Gray, 1853

196295  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196295)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Muricoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Muricidae (Family)
  9. Rapaninae (Subfamily)
accepted
Subfamily
Drupinae Wenz, 1938 · unaccepted
Purpuridae Children, 1823 · unaccepted (placed on the Official List by...)  
placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 886 with the requirement that it shall not be given precedence over Thaididae

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  1. Genus Acanthais Vermeij & S. P. Kool, 1994
  2. Genus Agnewia Tenison Woods, 1878
  3. Genus Amplidrupa Vermeij, 2023
  4. Genus Concholepas Lamarck, 1801
  5. Genus Cymia Mörch, 1860
  6. Genus Dicathais Macpherson & Gabriel, 1962
  7. Genus Drupa Röding, 1798
  8. Genus Drupina Dall, 1923
  9. Genus Indothais Claremont, Vermeij, S. T. Williams & D. Reid, 2013
  10. Genus Mancinella Link, 1807
  11. Genus Menathais Iredale, 1937
  12. Genus Nassa Röding, 1798
  13. Genus Neorapana A. H. Cooke, 1918
  14. Genus Neothais Iredale, 1912
  15. Genus Penethais Vermeij, 2024
  16. Genus Phycothais K. S. Tan, 2003
  17. Genus Pinaxia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  18. Genus Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903
  19. Genus Purpura Bruguière, 1789
  20. Genus Rapana Schumacher, 1817
  21. Genus Reishia Kuroda & Habe, 1971
  22. Genus Ricinella Schumacher, 1817
  23. Genus Ricinula Lamarck, 1816
  24. Genus Semiricinula E. von Martens, 1879
  25. Genus Sistrum Montfort, 1810
  26. Genus Stramonita Schumacher, 1817
  27. Genus Taurasia Bellardi, 1882
  28. Genus Thais Röding, 1798
  29. Genus Thaisella Clench, 1947
  30. Genus Tribulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  31. Genus Tylothais Houart, 2017
  32. Genus Vasula Mörch, 1860
  33. Genus Vexilla Swainson, 1840
  34. Genus Adamsia Dunker, 1857 accepted as Agnewia Tenison Woods, 1878 (Invalid: junior homonym of Adamsia Forbes, 1840 [Cnidaria]; Agnewia is a replacement name)
  35. Genus Cheletropis Forbes, 1852 accepted as Agnewia Tenison Woods, 1878 (synonym)
  36. Genus Conchopatella H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Concholepas Lamarck, 1801
  37. Genus Conchulus Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Concholepas Lamarck, 1801 (synonym)
  38. Genus Conothais Kuroda, 1930 accepted as Pinaxia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (synonym)
  39. Genus Cuma Swainson, 1840 accepted as Cymia Mörch, 1860 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cuma H. Milne-Edwards, 1828 [Crustacea]; Cymia and Cumopsis are replacement names)
  40. Genus Cumopsis Rovereto, 1899 accepted as Cymia Mörch, 1860 (objective synonym of Cymia)
  41. Genus Iopas H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Nassa Röding, 1798
  42. Genus Jopas accepted as Iopas H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Nassa Röding, 1798 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  43. Genus Microtoma Swainson, 1840 accepted as Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903 (invalid: junior homonym of Microtoma Laporte, 1832 [Hemiptera])
  44. Genus Patellipurpura Dall, 1909 accepted as Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903 (synonym)
  45. Genus Pentadactylus Mörch, 1852 accepted as Drupa Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  46. Genus Provexillum Hedley, 1918 accepted as Vexilla Swainson, 1840 (unnecessary nom. nov. pro Vexilla, by Hedley treated as a junior homonym of Vexillum Röding, 1798)
  47. Genus Purpurella Dall, 1872 accepted as Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903 (invalid: junior homonym of Purpurella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853 [Diptera]; Plicopurpura is a replacement name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rapaninae Gray, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196295 on 2025-04-13
Date
action
by
2006-01-03 17:10:18Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-05-24 10:50:18Z
changed
Houart, Roland
2019-06-06 11:30:42Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description (of Drupinae Wenz, 1938) Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf, O. H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin, xii + 1639 pp. Lief. 1, pp. 1-240 [March 1938]; 3, pp. 241-480 [October 1938]; 4, pp. 481-720 [July 1939]; 6, pp. 721-960 [August 1940]; 7, pp. 961-1200 [October 1941]; 8, pp. 1201-1506 [October 1943]; 9, pp. 1507-1639, i-xii [November 1944].
page(s): 42, 47; 1112 [1941] [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Taurasinae Sacco, 1904 †) Sacco, F. (1904). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXX. Aggiunte e correzioni. Considerazioni generali. Indice generale dell'opera. Torino: Clausen. xxxvi + 203 pp., 31 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46270
page(s): 74 [details] 

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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