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

Semiricinula tissoti
Shell of Semiricinula tissoti (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Semiricinula
Species:
S. tissoti
Binomial name
Semiricinula tissoti
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura tissoti Petit de la Saussaye, 1852
  • Thais (Thaisella) tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
  • Thais tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
  • Thaisella tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 18.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Mumbai, India.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Semiricinula tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714217 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ Tong, K.Y.L. (1986) The population dynamics and feeding ecology of Thais clavigera (Kuster) and Morula musiva (Kiener) (mollusca: gastropoda: muricidae) in Hong Kong. MPhil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.
  • Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1852. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 3: 162-165
  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23
  • Tong, K.Y.L. (1986) The population dynamics and feeding ecology of Thais clavigera (Kuster) and Morula musiva (Kiener) (mollusca: gastropoda: muricidae) in Hong Kong. MPhil thesis. The University of Hong Kong
  • 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.