Tylothais aculeata

Tylothais aculeata
Shell of Tylothais aculeata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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. aculeata
Binomial name
Tylothais aculeata
(Deshayes, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura aculeata Deshayes, 1844
  • Thais (Thalessa) aculeata (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Thais aculeata (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Thalessa aculeata (Deshayes, 1844)

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Tylothais aculeata (Deshayes, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048566 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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