Biology:Thais tuberosa

Short description: Species of gastropod

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
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.

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

• 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

External links

• "Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_1491.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7709332 entry