Thais virgata
Thais (Thalessa) virgata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: | Thais |
Subgenus: | Thalessa |
Species: | T. virgata |
Binomial name | |
Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Thais (Thalessa) virgata, common name : the aculeate rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 60 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Indo-Pacific.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.
- Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp