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

Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Purpura Röding, 1798

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rapana*	Schumacher, 1817	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Purpura marginata*	Valenciennes, 1846	synonym
*Rapana pechiliensis*	Grabau & S. G. King, 1928	synonym
*Rapana pontica*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Rapana thomasiana*	Crosse, 1861	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: geaderde stekelhoorn

English: Asian rapa whelk; Thomas's rapa whelk; veined rapa whelk; veined whelk sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;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

German: Asiatische Raubschnecke; Geäderte Rapana; Rotmund-Wellhorn; Wulstschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Μυδοφάγος; Όστρακο του Θωμά sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: アカニシ

Literature

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.
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
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
additional source	Dağtekin, 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.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
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].
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.
additional source	Marchini, A., J. Ferrario, A. Sfriso & A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi. (2015). Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea. Biological Invasions. 17:2943–2962.
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.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846). 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:140416