Biology:Thaisella coronata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Thaisella coronata
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.198729 - Thais coronata (Lamarck, 1822) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Shell of Thaisella coronata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Thaisella
Species:
T. coronata
Binomial name
Thaisella coronata
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura coronata Lamarck, 1816
  • Purpura guineensis Schubert & Wagner, 1829
  • Thais (Thaisella) coronata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Thais brujensis M. Smith, 1946
  • Thais coronata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Thais coronata trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869)

Thaisella coronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Thaisella coronata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574257 on 2019-01-06
  • Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102.

External links

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