Phycothais texturata

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[1]
Species: P. texturata
Binomial name
Phycothais texturata
(E.A. Smith, 1904)
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.[2]

References

  1. 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. 1 2 Phycothais texturata (Smith, 1904).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2012.
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