MolluscaBase taxon details
Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832)
599831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599831)
accepted
Species
Purpura muricata Broderip, 1832 · unaccepted (original combination)
Purpura truncata Duclos, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thais (Neorapana) muricata (Broderip, 1832) · alternative representation
marine
(of Purpura muricata Broderip, 1832) Broderip, W. J. (1832). New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of south America and in the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 2: 124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861722
page(s): 125 [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599831 on 2026-03-30
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(of Purpura muricata Broderip, 1832) Broderip, W. J. (1832). New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of south America and in the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 2: 124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861722
page(s): 125 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record 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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 125 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Neorapana muricata)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832) Mexico, Nayarit, by diving, collected 1978, ex c...
To Malacopics (Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832) Panama, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Neorapana muricata)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832) Mexico, Nayarit, by diving, collected 1978, ex c...
To Malacopics (Neorapana muricata (Broderip, 1832) Panama, ex coll. J. Trausel)