Tylothais virgata

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Tylothais virgata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Tylothais
Species:
T. virgata
Binomial name
Tylothais virgata
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms [1]
  • Murex plicatusGmelin, 1791
  • Murex virgatusDillwyn, 1817
  • Purpura distinguendaDunker, 1866
  • Purpura pseudohippocastanumDautzenberg, 1929
  • Thais (Thalessa) virgata(Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Thais distinguenda(Dunker, 1866)
  • Thalessa distinguenda(Dunker, 1866)
  • Thalessa virgata(Dillwyn, 1817)

Tylothais virgata 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 shell size varies between 25 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Indo-Pacific; also off Thailand.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048567 on 2019-01-06
  2. Houart R. (2017). Description of eight new species and one new genus of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 18(4): 81-103.