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Species Rapana rapiformis (Born, 1778)

Turnip Shell

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to Philippines


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [277] (Turnip Shell)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021 MURICIDAE 12-Oct-2011 ADDED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Oct-2011 MODIFIED