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Encyclopedia > Rapaninae
iRapaninae
Rapana thomasiana
Rapana thomasiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Infraorder: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genera

Concholepas
Cronia
Cymia
Dicathias
Drupa
Drupella
Habromorula
Mancinella
Morula
Nassa
Phycothais
Pinaxia
Plicopurpura
Purpura
Rapana
Stramonita
Thais
Vexilla
For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera Subregnum Eumetazoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Chaetognatha Xenoturbellida Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Ectoprocta Bryozoa... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda † Rostroconchia † Helcionelloida The molluscs (British spelling) or mollusks (American spelling) are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar animals well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ... Subclasses Eogastropoda (True Limpets and relatives) Orthogastropoda The gastropods, gasteropods, or univalves, are the largest and most successful class of mollusks, with 60,000-75,000 known living species comprising the snails and slugs as well as a vast number of marine and freshwater species. ... Infraclasses Apogastropoda Cocculiniformia Murchisoniina Neritopsina Vetigastropoda In their work, which has become a standard reference in the field, Ponder and Lindberg (1997) showed that the Orthogastropoda is one of two subclasses of the Gastropoda the class of molluscs, the other subclass being the Eogastropoda. ... Caenogastropoda Categories: Animal stubs ... Suborders Discopoda Murchisoniina Hypsogastropoda Sorbeoconcha is an order within the gastropod superorder Caenogastropoda. ... Hypsogastropoda is a suborder within the gastropod order Sorbeoconcha. ... Superfamilies Buccinoidea Cancellarioidea Conoidea Muricoidea The Neogastropoda used to be an order of prosobranch gastropods in the taxonomy of Thiele (1921). ... Muricoidea is a superfamily within the gastropod infraorder Sorbeoconcha. ... Subfamilies Muricinae Muricopsinae Ocenebrinae Ergalataxinae Typhinae Tripterotyphinae Trophoninae Rapaninae (=Thaidinae) Muricidae is a large family within the gastropod superfamily Muricoidea. ...

Rapaninae is a large subfamily within the gastropod family Muricoidea. The subfamily was known as Thaidinae until 1993, when there was proved, that correct name should be rapaninae. Shells are typically nonvaricate, but strong axial sculpture may be present. One of the species is Rapana thomasiana, that is included into Russia's Red Book, as threatening to extinct. Original area of this species was the Far East, but in 1947 it was found in the Black Sea and its shell became a popular souvenir traded in Crimea. Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Subclass Subclass Eogastropoda     Patellogastropoda Subclass Orthogastropoda   Superorder Cocculiniformia   Superorder Hot Vent Taxa     Neomphaolida   Superorder Vetigastropoda   Superorder Neritaemorphi     Neritopsina   Superorder Caenogastropoda     Architaenioglossa     Sorbeoconcha   Superorder Heterobranchia     Heterostropha     Opisthobranchia     Pulmonata The gastropods, or univalves, are the largest and most successful class of mollusks, with 60,000-75,000 species, and second largest class... A family in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by analogous or comparable relationships — including domestic partnership, cohabitation, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the... Muricoidea is a superfamily within the gastropod infraorder Sorbeoconcha. ... Red Book has one of the following meanings. ... The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ... Map of the Black Sea. ... Motto: Процветание в единстве - Prosperity in unity Anthem: Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина - Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Capital Simferopol Largest cities Simferopol, Eupatoria, Kerch, Theodosia, Yalta Official language Ukrainian. ...


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