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Molluscan Publications - Rapa Whelk (Rapana venosa)

  • Harding, J. M., M. A. Unger, E. A. Jestel & R. Mann. 2017.  Sex and site-specific trends in veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) tributyltin bioaccumulation: considerations for biomonitoring, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 97, Issue 7, November 2017, pp. 1495 - 1504, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416000849
  • Harding, J. M., & R. Mann. 2016. Habitat Disturbance Combined with Life History Traits Facilitate Establishment of Rapana venosa in the Chesapeake Bay, Journal of Shellfish Research 35(4), 885-910, https://doi.org/10.2983/035.035.0417
  • Harding, J. M., M. A. Unger, R. Mann, E. A. Jestel, and C. Kilduff. 2013. Rapana venosa as an indicator species for tributyltin exposure over decadal and seasonal scales. Marine Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2292-7
  • Harding, J.M., W. M. Walton, C. M. Trappani, M. G. Frick and R. Mann. 2011. Sea turtles as potential dispersal vectors for non-indigenous species; The Veined Rapa Whelk as an Epibiont of Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Southeastern Naturalist. 10(2): 233-244. DOI:10.1656/058.010.0204
  • Harding, J.M., Mann, R., Moeller, P. & Hsia, M. 2009. Mortality of the veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa, in relation to a bloom of Alexandrium monilatum in the York River, United States. Journal of Shellfish Research. 28(2): 363-367. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/406/
  • Harding, J.M., Gera, S.M. & Mann, R. 2008. Radula morphology in veined rapa whelks, Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)(Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Chesapeake Bay, USA. The Nautilus. 122(4):217-227.
  • Harding, J.M., Mann, R. & C. Kilduff. 2008. Influence of environmental factors and female size on reproductive output in an invasive temperate marine gastropod Rapana venosa (Muricidae). Marine Biology. 155(6): 571-581. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-008-1044-6
  • Harding, J.M., Kingsley-Smith, P., Savini, D., & R. Mann. 2007.  Comparison of predation signatures left by Atlantic oyster drills (Urosalpinx cinerea Say, Muricidae) and veined rapa whelks (Rapana venosa Valenciennes, Muricidae) in bivalve prey. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 352(2007): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2007.06.027
  • Harding, J.M., Mann, R. & C. W. Kilduff. 2007. The effects of female size on fecundity in a large marine gastropod Rapana venosa (Muricidae). Journal of Shellfish Research. 26(1): 33-42. https://doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000(2007)26[33:TEOFSO]2.0.CO;2
  • Harding, J.M. 2006. Growth and development of veined rapa whelk Rapana venosa veligers. Journal of Shellfish Research. 25(3):941-946. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/447/
  • Harding, J.M. & R. Mann. 2005. Veined rapa whelk Rapana venosa range extensions in the Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay, USA. Journal of Shellfish Research. 24(2): 381-385. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/454/
  • Harding, J.M. 2003. Predation by blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, on rapa whelks, Rapana venosa: possible natural controls for an invasive species? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 297(2): 161-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2003.07.005
  • Harding, J.M. & R. Mann. 1999. Observations on the biology of the veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) in the Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Shellfish Research. 18(1): 9-17. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/488/
  • ICES. 2004. Alien Species Alert: Rapana Venosa (veined whelk). Edited by Roger Mann, Anna Occhipinti, and Juliana M. Harding. ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 264. 14 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5471
  • Mann, R. 2022. Revisiting Rapana venosa in Hampton Roads as TBT abates, technical report to Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species (MAPAIS).
  • Mann, R., Harding, J.M. & E. Westcott. 2006.  Occurrence of imposex and seasonal patterns of gametogenesis in the invading veined rapa whelk Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) from Chesapeake Bay, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 310:129-138. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/161/
  • Mann, R. & J.M. Harding. 2003. Salinity tolerance of larval Rapana venosa: Implications for dispersal and establishment of an invading predatory gastropod on the North American Atlantic coast. Biological Bulletin. 204: 96-103. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1543499
  • Mann, R. & J.M. Harding. 2000. Invasion of the North American Atlantic coast by a large predatory Asian mollusc. Biological Invasions. 2:7-22. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1010038325620
  • Savini, D., J. M. Harding, & R. Mann. 2002. Rapa whelk Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) predation rates on hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Journal of Shellfish Research. 21(2). 777-779. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/470/
  • Southworth, et al. 2022. Revisiting Rapana venosa in Hampton Roads, Chesapeake Bay as TBT Abates, Poster, National Shellfisheries Association, San Diego, CA, March 2022.
  • Unger, M., Harvey, E.,  Southworth, M., Mann, R.,  Marquardt, A. & N. Otto. 2025. Decreases in TBT concentrations in southern Chesapeake Bay: Evidence for long-term TBT degradation and reduced imposex in the invasive gastropod, Rapana venosa. Marine pollution bulletin. 212. 117524. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117524