Thais lacera
| Thais lacera |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Muricoidea |
| Family: |
Muricidae |
| Subfamily: |
Rapaninae |
| Genus: |
Thais |
| Subgenus: |
Thaisella |
| Species: |
T. lacera |
| Binomial name |
Thais lacera
(Born, 1778) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Cymia carinifera (Lamarck, 1822)
- Mancinella mutabilis Link, 1807
- Murex lacera Born, 1778
- Purpura carinata Schubert & Wagner, 1829
- Purpura carinifera Lamarck, 1822
- Purpura scalaris Schubert & Wagner, 1829
- Purpura umbilicata Jenkins, 1864
- Thais carinifera
- Thais (Thaisella) lacera (Born, 1778) (alternate representation)
- Thais lacerus (Von Born, 1778)
- Thais (Thais) mutabilis Link, H.F., 1807
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Thais lacera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 57 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa, in the Red Sea, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Pacific Ocean along Southeast Asia.
References
- ine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
- Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
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