North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)

To NHMUK collection (Rapana thomasiana Crosse, 1861; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2486968)

AphiaID

140416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140416)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Rapana Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Purpura venosa Valenciennes, 1846

Synonymised names

Purpura marginata Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)

Purpura venosa Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)

Rapana pechiliensis Grabau & S. G. King, 1928 · unaccepted (synonym)

Rapana pontica F. Nordsieck, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (.)

Rapana thomasiana Crosse, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Purpura venosa Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839. 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345
page(s): 22, pl. 7 figs 1,1a. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140416 on 2026-08-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140416 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-05-21 12:26:21Z

changed

Houart, Roland

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original description (of Rapana thomasiana Crosse, 1861) Crosse, H. (1861). Description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 9 (2): 171-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15608276 [details]

original description (of Purpura marginata Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839. 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345
page(s): pl. 7 figs 3,3a. [details]

original description (of Purpura venosa Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839. 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345
page(s): 22, pl. 7 figs 1,1a. [details]

original description (of Rapana pontica F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp.
page(s): 256 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Kerckhof, F.; Vink, R.J.; Nieweg, D.C.; Post, J.J.N. (2006). [The veined whelk Rapana venosa has reached the North Sea]. Aquatic Invasions 1(1): 35-37 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors

additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions. 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors

additional source Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] Available for editors

additional source Dagtekin, M. (2023). The invasive mollusk Rapana venosa (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Muricidae) in the mid-southern Black Sea: Distribution, growth, and stock structure. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 53: 191-199., available online at https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/113745/list/8/ [details]

additional source Saglam, H.; Duzgunes, E. (2007). Deposition of egg capsule and larval development of Rapana venosa (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the south-eastern Black Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87(4): 953-957., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407056330 [details]