Indothais malayensis
Indothais malayensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [2]
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| Indothais malayensis shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Indothais |
| Species: | I. malayensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Indothais malayensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 41 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Taiwan Strait.
References
- Tan K. S. & Sigurdsson J.B. (1996). "New species of Thais (Neogastropoda, Muricidae) from Singapore, with a re-description of Thais javanica (Philippi, 1848)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 62(4): 517–535. doi:10.1093/mollus/62.4.517
- MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Indothais malayensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714482 on 2022-09-18
- 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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