Rapana venosa
Rapana venosa
(veined rapa whelk)
Mollusks-Gastropods
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11 results for Rapana venosa (veined rapa whelk)

Impact ID Scientific Name Impact Type Study Type Study Location Impact Description Reference
2902 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Observational Field The near extinction of the native bivalves Ostea edulis, Pecten ponticus, and Mytilis... 13057
2903 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Observational Field The near decline of the native bivalve Mytilis galloprovincialis is thought to be due to the... 13057
2908 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Anecdotal N/A It is thought that the introduction of Rapana venosa in the North Sea might control the... 33820
2909 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Anecdotal N/A Because if its reputation as a voracious molluscivore in its introduced ranges, it is thought that... 33820
2925 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Observational Field In the Black sea, the rapa whelk predates heavily on the native mollusks Venus gallina, Gouldia... 32822
2934 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Anecdotal N/A Small rapa whelk are presumably fed upon by native hermitcrabs and sea turtles in the Chesapeake... 13058
2937 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Observational Field The rapa whelk predates heavily on the invasive Indo-Pacific clam, Anadara inaequivalvis, and feeds... 15803
2941 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Observational Field The rapa whelk predates on the native eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, ribbed... 26653
2942 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Observational Field The native blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, feeds upond juvenile rapa whelk in their... 33825
9186 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Observational Field In the Black Sea, Rapana venosa has caused negative impacts to native mollusks due to... 42621
9188 Rapana venosa Predation/Herbivory Observational Field In Ukranian waters, predation by Rapana venosa has destroyed native oyster banks. 42621

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