Thais chocolata

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Thais chocolata
Thais chocolata
Thais chocolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Infraorder: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Thais
Species: T. chocolata
Binomial name
Thais chocolata
(Duclos, 1832)

Thais chocolata, or locate in Spanish, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. Thais chocolata is endemic to the west coast of South America (Chile, Ecuador and Peru). This snail is found in the intertidal zone and is quite common on rocky shores, both in sheltered waters and on the open coast.

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