Acanthais callaoensis

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

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Galapagos Islands.

References

  1. 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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