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
	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.

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania; also in the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean.

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

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