Cantaloupe

Rapana rapiformis (Born 1778)

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Rapana rapiformis (Cantaloupe) is a species of snails in the family murex snails. They are predators. Individuals can grow to 15 cm.

URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430
Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting

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EOL has data for 19 attributes, including:

body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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36 mm
body volume
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyVolume
- Definition: Volume occupied by the whole body of one individual of this taxon
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4.58 cm^3
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Red Sea
habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine benthic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024
- Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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sea sand
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002118
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trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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predator
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430
- Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting
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water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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74.6 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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25.391 degrees celsius
wet body mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bodyMassWet
- Definition: Mass of one individual of this taxon, living or fresh, without desiccation
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8.02 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of cantaloupe. View this species on GBIF

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