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Thaisella coronata

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Species of gastropod

Thaisella coronata
Shell of Thaisella coronata (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: Thaisella
Species: T. coronata
Binomial name
Thaisella coronata
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms
  • Purpura coronata Lamarck, 1816
  • Purpura guineensis Schubert & Wagner, 1829
  • Thais (Thaisella) coronata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Thais brujensis M. Smith, 1946
  • Thais coronata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Thais coronata trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869)

Thaisella coronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2022)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

  1. ^ 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Thaisella coronata
Thais coronata


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