Tylothais savignyi

Tylothais savignyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Tylothais
Species:
T. savignyi
Binomial name
Tylothais savignyi
(Deshayes, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura savignyi Deshayes, 1844
  • Thais (Thalessa) savignyi (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Thais savignyi (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Thalessa savignyi (Deshayes, 1844)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and the Persian Gulf.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Tylothais savignyi (Deshayes, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048565 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ Houart R. (2017). Description of eight new species and one new genus of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 18(4): 81-103.
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