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Rapa Röding, 1798
206544 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206544)
accepted
Genus
Murex rapa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
Pyrula (Rapa) Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Rapella Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
- Species Rapa bulbiformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
- Species Rapa incurva (Dunker, 1852)
- Species Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Rapa bulbosa (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Rapana rapiformis (Born, 1778)
- Species Rapa franzhuberi Thach, 2023 accepted as Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Rapa papyracea (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Rapa pellucida Röding, 1798 accepted as Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Rapa penardi (Montrouzier, 1856) accepted as Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Rapa striata Röding, 1798 accepted as Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Rapa supraplicata Conrad, 1858 † accepted as Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad, 1858) † (basionym)
- Species Rapa tenuis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 accepted as Rapa rapa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Rapa volema Röding, 1798 accepted as Rapana rapiformis (Born, 1778) (synonym)
- Species Rapa pyruloidea Gabb, 1860 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 2: 148 [details]
page(s): 2: 148 [details]
Nomenclature Rapa was a pre-Linnean name established by Klein (1753), and was first made available by Röding. Under Art. 11.5.2, it is...
Nomenclature Rapa was a pre-Linnean name established by Klein (1753), and was first made available by Röding. Under Art. 11.5.2, it is not available from Bruguière (1792, Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des vers, 1: 533). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Rapa Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206544 on 2025-04-03
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Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 2: 148 [details]
original description (of Rapella Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 82, 307 [details]
page(s): 2: 148 [details]
original description (of Rapella Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 82, 307 [details]
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Nomenclature Rapa was a pre-Linnean name established by Klein (1753), and was first made available by Röding. Under Art. 11.5.2, it is not available from Bruguière (1792, Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des vers, 1: 533). [details]
