Thais nodosa

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Thais nodosa
Thais nodosa (Lovell Augustus Reeve, 1843. Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Thais
Subgenus: Thais
Species: T. nodosa
Binomial name
Thais nodosa
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Murex fucus Gmelin, 1791
Murex neritoideus Linnaeus, 1767
Nerita nodosa Linnaeus, 1758
Purpura ascensionis Blainville, 1832
Purpura neritoides Lamarck, 1822
Thais lena Röding, 1798
Thais meretricula Röding, 1798
Thais nodosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Purpura nodosa Linnaeus, 1758

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

Description

Distribution

Inhabits rocky shores of Brazil and western Africa.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thais nodosa (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Abbot and Dance, 1986. Compendium of Seashells

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