Reishia capensis

Reishia capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Reishia
Species: R. capensis
Binomial name
Reishia capensis
(Petit, 1852)
Synonyms[1]

Purpura capensis Petit, 1852
Stramonita capensis (Petit, 1852)
Thais capensis (Petit, 1852)

Reishia capensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Reishia capensis (Petit, 1852).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397002 on 24 April 2010.