Indothais lacera

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Indothais lacera
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Indothais lacera shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Indothais
Species:
I. lacera
Binomial name
Indothais lacera
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cymia carinifera(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Mancinella mutabilisLink, 1807
  • Murex lacera Born, 1778
  • Purpura carinataSchubert & Wagner, 1829
  • Purpura carinifera Lamarck, 1822
  • Purpura scalarisSchubert & Wagner, 1829
  • Purpura umbilicataJenkins, 1864
  • Thais carinifera
  • Thais (Thaisella) lacera(Born, 1778) (alternate representation)
  • Thais lacera(Von Born, 1778)
  • Thais (Thais) mutabilisLink, H.F., 1807
  • Thaisella lacera(Born, 1778)
  • Thaisella mutabilis(Link, 1807)

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 57 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off South Africa, in the Red Sea, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Pacific Ocean off Southeast Asia.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Indothais lacera (Born, 1778). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714477 on 2018-01-11
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Indothais lacera (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714477 on 2022-09-15