Species of gastropod
| Neorapana grandis | |
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| Shell of Neorapana grandis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Neorapana |
| Species: | N. grandis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neorapana grandis Sowerby I, 1835 | |
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Neorapana grandis is a species of large predatory tropical sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Ecuador, specifically to the Galapagos Islands.
Description
The shell of this species is 60 to 90 mm (2½ to 3½ inches) long, with brown scaly spiral ribbing.
References
- Finet, Y. (1996). "Neorapana grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14561A4444519. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14561A4444519.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Neorapana grandis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405034 on 2012-06-11
- A. Myra Keen, Sea shells of tropical west America, 1971, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Neorapana grandis | |
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