Phycothais reticulata
| 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[1] |
| Species: | P. reticulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phycothais reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Phycothais reticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, around Australia and along Tasmania.
References
- ↑ Tan, K.S. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australia and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Journal of Natural History 37: 911–1028. doi:10.1080/00222930110120610.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Phycothais reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 November 2010.
- 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