Zoology Museum

Post Graduates and Research Department of Zoology, V.O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin 628 008 Tamil Nadu

Mo112 Rapano bulabosa (Rapano)

 

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Family: Muricidae

Genus: Rapana

Species: R. bulbosa

 Description:

    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.

 IUCN Status: Not evaluated.

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