Indothais rufotincta

Indothais rufotincta
Indothais rufotincta (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996); Length 2.8 cm; Originating from the Thailand; Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Indothais
Species:	I. rufotincta
Binomial name
Indothais rufotincta (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)
Synonyms [1]
Thais (Thaisella) rufotinctaTan & Sigurdsson, 1996 Thais rufotinctaK. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996 Thaisella rufotincta(Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)

Indothais rufotincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The length of the shell attains 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Singapore.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Indothais rufotincta (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714484 on 2019-01-06
2. 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. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]

External links

• Tan K.S. & Sigurdsson J.B. (1996) Two new species of Thais (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, with notes on T. tissoti (Petit, 1852) and T. blanfordi (Melvill, 1893) from Bombay, India. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 44(1): 77-107 Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine