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Phycothais reticulata

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Phycothais reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Phycothais[1]
Species:
P. reticulata
Binomial name
Phycothais reticulata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms[2]
  • Drupa reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Purpura humilis Crosse & Fischer, 1865
  • Purpura reticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Phycothais reticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, around Australia and along Tasmania.

References

  1. ^ Tan, K.S. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australia and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Journal of Natural History. 37: 911–1028. doi:10.1080/00222930110120610.
  2. ^ a b Phycothais reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 November 2010.
  • Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Mar. Biol., Berl. 10 2: 113-133


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