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Acanthais callaoensis

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Acanthais callaoensis
Shell of Acanthais callaoensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Acanthais
Species:
A. callaoensis
Binomial name
Acanthais callaoensis
(Gray, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura callaoensis Gray, 1828
  • Thais (Thais) callaoensis (Gray, 1828)
  • Thais stylmanberryi Peña, 1973

Acanthais callaoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 14.4 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Galapagos Islands.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Acanthais callaoensis (Gray, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714165 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]
  • Peña G.M. (1973). Gasterópodos marinos del Perú, con descripción de dos nuevas especies. Tesis Doctoral, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 342 p. Lima, Perú.
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