Thais virgata

Thais (Thalessa) virgata, common name : the aculeate 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) virgata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Thais
Subgenus:
Thalessa
Species:
T. virgata
Binomial name
Thais (Thalessa) virgata
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Indo-Pacific.

References
  1. Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21–74
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • "Thais (Thalessa) virgatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 January 2011.


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