Thaisella chocolata | |
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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. chocolata |
Binomial name | |
Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Thaisella chocolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
The length of the shell attains 77.7 mm.
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