Thais tuberosa

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]

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

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. 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
  • "Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 April 2011.


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