| Rapana venosa | |
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| A live individual of Rapana venosa retracted into the shell, with the operculum closing the aperture | |
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| Five views of a shell of R. venosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Rapana |
| Species: | R. venosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Purpura venosa Valenciennes, 1846 (basionym) | |
Rapana venosa, common name the veined rapa whelk or Asian rapa whelk, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or whelk, in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.
This large sea snail has become an invasive species in many different localities around the world.
- ^ Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2010.