Semiricinula tissoti

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

Semiricinula tissoti
Shell of Semiricinula tissoti (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Semiricinula
Species:
S. tissoti
Binomial name
Semiricinula tissoti
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura tissoti Petit de la Saussaye, 1852
  • Thais (Thaisella) tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
  • Thais tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
  • Thaisella tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)

Description

The length of the shell attains 18.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mumbai, India.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Semiricinula tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714217 on 2019-01-06
  2. Tong, K.Y.L. (1986) The population dynamics and feeding ecology of Thais clavigera (Kuster) and Morula musiva (Kiener) (mollusca: gastropoda: muricidae) in Hong Kong. MPhil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.
  • Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1852. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 3: 162-165
  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23
  • Tong, K.Y.L. (1986) The population dynamics and feeding ecology of Thais clavigera (Kuster) and Morula musiva (Kiener) (mollusca: gastropoda: muricidae) in Hong Kong. MPhil thesis. The University of Hong Kong
  • 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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