Phycothais is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
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| Phycothais reticulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Phycothais Tan, 2003[1] |
| Type species | |
| Purpura reticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 | |
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Species edit
Species within the genus Phycothais include:
- Phycothais botanica (Hedley, 1918)[3]
- Phycothais reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)[4]
- Phycothais texturata (E.A. Smith, 1904)
References edit
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- ^ Tan, K.S. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australia and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Journal of Natural History. 37 (8): 911–1028. Bibcode:2003JNatH..37..911T. doi:10.1080/00222930110120610.
- ^ a b Phycothais Tan, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2012.
- ^ Phycothais botanica Hedley, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Phycothais reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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.
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