Phycothais texturata

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Phycothais texturata
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. texturata
Binomial name
Phycothais texturata
(E.A. Smith, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bedeva texturata (E.A. Smith, 1904)
  • Purpura texturata Smith, 1904

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

Description

Distribution

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Phycothais texturata (Smith, 1904).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2012.
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp

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