| Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) |
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| Yellow Sea to China Sea, Korea, Japan; Red Sea, Black Sea, Ægean, Adriatic, NW. Mediterranean, Brittany, Great Britain, Netherlands; Virginia, Uruguay, Argentina… Predator on Bivalves in the infralittoral. Original taxon: Purpura venosa. Above and below: beachstormed near Cervia, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, NE. Italy. 82mm. |
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| A delicacy in Crimea, where it feeds on oysters since its introduction in years 1930. |
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| Brood, washed ashore on sand, Marina Romea, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, NE. Italy. Original picture provided by fox64 for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
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| Specimen from South Korea. 30-35m deep, off Kumunjin, Kangweon province, 80mm. Synonyms: pechiliensis, marginata, thomasiana… |
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| Purpura venosa and Purpura marginata by A. Valenciennes in A. A. Du Petit-Thouars: Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Vénus, Atlas, “Mollusques”, Paris 1846, plate VII. |
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| An other synonym is pontica Nordsieck, 1968. Dredged at 30-40m deep, off Rumelikavaği, Sanyer district, north of Istanbul, Bosphorus, NW. Turkey. 120mm. |
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| Adult and eggs. Anse de Ranquet, Istres, Étang de Berre, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence, S. France. Original picture provided by slebris for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
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