Phycothais reticulata

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Phycothais reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Phycothais
Species: P. reticulata
Binomial name
Phycothais reticulata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Purpura humilis Crosse & Fischer, 1865
  • Purpura reticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

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

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, around Australia and along Tasmania.

References

  • Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Mar. Biol., Berl. 10 2: 113-133

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