Thaisella coronata
Appearance
Thaisella coronata | |
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Shell of Thaisella coronata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: | Thaisella |
Species: | T. coronata
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Binomial name | |
Thaisella coronata (Lamarck, 1816)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Thaisella coronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 45 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Thaisella coronata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574257 on 2019-01-06
- 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.
External links
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