Thaisella mariae

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

Thaisella mariae
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. mariae
Binomial name
Thaisella mariae
(Morretes, 1954)
Synonyms[1]
  • Thais (Thaisella) mariae Morretes, 1954
  • Thais mariae Morretes, 1954

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Thaisella mariae (Morretes, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574255 on 2019-01-06
  • Lange de Morretes, F. (1954). Nova Thais do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10(2): 339−340
  • Claremont, M., Williams, S. T., Barraclough, T. G. & Reid, D. G. (2011). The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential. Journal of Biogeography. 38, 1016-1032.
  • 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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