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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Rapaninae

Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)
Introduced species


Range: 37.78°N to 35.53°S; 76.6°W to 56.53°W
Depth: 10 to 60 m (live 10 to 60 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 161  mm

Details


Purpura venosa Valenciennes, 1846,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 37.78°N to 35.53°S; 76.6°W to 56.53°W
Depth: 10 to 60 m (live 10 to 60 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 161 mm
Distribution: USA: Virginia; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: Harding & Mann (1999) DdLlWM; Pastorino et al. (2000) SE; Harding & Mann (2005) N
Comments: A species introduced to Chesapeake Bay, Argentina and Uruguay, and the Black Sea; originally from Japan and Korea.



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