Rapanine Whelks
Rapaninae
Rapaninae is a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae.
This subfamily was known as Thaidinae until 1993.
33 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Stramonita
genusStramonita
Cart-rut Shells
genusDicathais
Rapa Whelks
genusRapana
Reishia
genusReishia
Vasula
genusVasula
Plicopurpura
genusPlicopurpura
Purpura
genusPurpura
Indothais
genusIndothais
Sistrum
genusSistrum
Concholepas
genusConcholepas
Agnewia
genusAgnewia
Phycothais
genusPhycothais
Acanthais
genusAcanthais
Thais
genusThais
Mancinella
genusMancinella
Menathais
genusMenathais
Drupes
genusDrupa
Nassa
genusNassa
Thaisella
genusThaisella
Neorapana
genusNeorapana
Ricinella
genusRicinella
Vexilla
genusVexilla
Semiricinula
genusSemiricinula
Tylothais
genusTylothais
Neothais
genusNeothais
Drupina
genusDrupina
Tribulus
genusTribulus
Penethais
genusPenethais
Cymia
genusCymia
Pinaxia
genusPinaxia
Amplidrupa
genusAmplidrupa
Ecphora
genusEcphora
Taurasia
genusTaurasia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Rapaninae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 544889.