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Thaisella forbesii

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Thaisella forbesii
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. forbesii
Binomial name
Thaisella forbesii
(Dunker, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura forbesii Dunker, 1853
  • Stramonita haemastoma forbesi R.W. Dunker, 1853
  • Thais (Thaisella) langi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1948
  • Thais forbesii Dunker
  • Thais langi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1948

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 38 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs off the Ivory Coast.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Thaisella forbesii (Dunker, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574253 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ 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., 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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