Neorapana grandis
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| Neorapana grandis Sowerby, 1835 |
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Purpura grayi Kiener, 1835-36 |
Neorapana grandis is a species of large predatory tropical sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to Ecuador, specifically to the Galapagos Islands.
[edit] Description
The shell of this species is 60 to 90 mm (2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches) long, with brown scaly spiral ribbing.
[edit] References
- Finet, Y. 1996. Neorapana grandis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
- A. Myra Keen, Sea shells of tropical west America, 1971, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California
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