Thaisella mariae

Thaisella mariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Thaisella
Species:	T. mariae
Binomial name
Thaisella mariae (Morretes, 1954)
Synonyms [1]
Thais (Thaisella) mariaeMorretes, 1954 Thais mariaeMorretes, 1954

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Thaisella mariae (Morretes, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574255 on 2019-01-06

• Lange de Morretes, F. (1954). Nova Thais do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10(2): 339−340
• 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.

External links

• Gernet M. de V., Belz C.E., Birckolz C.J., Simone L.R.L. & Parellada C.I. (2018). A contribuição de Frederico Lange de Morretes para a malacologia brasileira. Arquivos de Zoologia. 49(3): 153-165