Thaisella trinitatensis

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Thaisella trinitatensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Thaisella
Species:
T. trinitatensis
Binomial name
Thaisella trinitatensis
(Guppy, 1869)
Synonyms [1]
  • Purpura trinitatensisGuppy, 1869
  • Thais coronata trinitatensisR.J.L. Guppy, 1869
  • Thais trinitatensis(Guppy, 1869) (superseded combination)

Thaisella trinitatensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1] [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

The type locality is contained in Trinidad and Tobago; also in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

Habitat

This species is found in the following habitats: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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
  2. 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.