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Rapana bezoar

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Rapana bezoar
Rapana bezoar Linnaeus, 1767
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Description

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Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.