Rapaninae

Rapaninae is a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae.

Rapaninae
A live Rapana venosa showing the operculum.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Gray, 1853
Genera

See text

Synonyms
  • Concholepadidae Perrier, 1897
  • Drupinae Wenz, 1938
  • Purpurellinae Bellardi, 1882
  • Purpuridae Children, 1823 (placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 886 with the requirement that it shall not be given precedence over Thaididae)
  • Thaididae Jousseaume, 1888

This subfamily was known as Thaidinae until 1993.

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