Thaisella trinitatensis
Thaisella trinitatensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
| Thaisella trinitatensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Thaisella |
| Species: | T. trinitatensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Thaisella trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 45 mm.
Distribution
The type locality is contained in Trinidad and Tobago; also in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Thaisella trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1023329 on 2019-01-06
- Simone, L. R. L. (2017). A new species of Thaisella (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from Caribbean Guatemala, with accounts on the anatomy and taxonomy of the genus in the Western Atlantic. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 111-120.
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