Thaisella trinitatensis
Appearance
Thaisella trinitatensis | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Thaisella trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Thaisella trinitatensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 45 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]The type locality is contained in Trinidad and Tobago; also in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.
Habitat
[edit]This species is found in the following habitats:[1]
- Brackish
- Marine
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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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