Reishia clavigera

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

Reishia clavigera
Three individuals of Thais clavigera with many egg masses
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R. clavigera
Binomial name
Reishia clavigera
(Küster, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura clavigera Küster, 1860
  • Thais clavigera (Küster, 1860)
  • Purpura altispiralis Grabau & King, 1928
  • Purpura alveolata var. pechiliensis Grabau & King, 1928

This species has been found to be useful as an indicator of the environmental contamination levels of arsenic, copper, and zinc.

Distribution

This is an intertidal species, found on rocky shores in Malaysia, Singapore and Indo-China; also off Japan.

Description

References

  1. Houart, R. (2015). Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397003 on 2016-05-14
  2. Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • 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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