Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae

Rapaninae Gray, 1853

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Drupa Röding, 1798
Indothais Claremont, Vermeij, S. T. Williams & D. Reid, 2013
Nassa Röding, 1798
Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903
Purpura Bruguière, 1789
Rapana Schumacher, 1817
Stramonita Schumacher, 1817
Thais Röding, 1798
Thaisella Clench, 1947

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: レイシガイ亜科

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].
taxonomy 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].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rapaninae Gray, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196295