Thais melones

Thais melones
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Thais
Subgenus: Vasula
Species: T. melones
Binomial name
Thais melones
(Duclos, 1832)
Synonyms[1]

Purpura crassa Blainville, 1832
Purpura melones Duclos, 1832

Thais melones 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 Thais melones (Duclos, 1832).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398730 on 24 April 2010.