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Indothais

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Indothais
Shell of Indothais blanfordi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Indothais
Claremont, Vermeij, Williams & Reid, 2013
Type species
Murex lacerus Born, 1778

Indothais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Species

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Species within the genus Indothais include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Indothais Claremont, Vermeij, Williams & Reid, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714476 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ 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. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]