Thais tuberosa
Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa | |
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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: | Mancinella |
Species: | T. tuberosa |
Binomial name | |
Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa Röding, 1798 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa, common name : the Knobbed 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 size of an adult shell varies between 17 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania; also in the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean.
References
- 1 2 Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III [
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
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