Mo112 Rapano bulabosa (Rapano)
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Rapana
Species: R. bulbosa
The Rapana Bulbosa seashell is hard and
heavy. It is also called the Turnip shell because of its shape. Its wide
opening makes a favorite for listening to resonant ocean sounds. These
seashells range between 1-3/4" to 2-1/4" long. The Rapana bulbosa is
found on the ocean floor in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, across the
waters of Micronesia and Polynesia, the Coral Sea and around the Philippines.
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