Thais tuberosa

Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa
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]
  • Drupa trapa Röding, 1798
  • Galeodes tuberosa Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Purpura castaneus Röding, 1798
  • Purpura major Couturier, 1907
  • Purpura pica major (f) Couturier, 1907
  • Purpura pica minor (f) Couturier, 1907
  • Purpura pica Blainville, 1832
  • Thais pica Blainville, 1832
  • Purpura trapa Röding, 1798
  • Vasum castaneum Röding, 1798

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

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