Reishia bitubercularis

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Reishia bitubercularis, common names bituberculate rock shell, bituberculate rock snail, chestnut rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Reishia bitubercularis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Reishia
Species:
R. bitubercularis
Binomial name
Reishia bitubercularis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mancinella kieneri [sic]
  • Mancinella kienerii (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Purpura bitubercularis Lamarck, 1822
  • Purpura cuspidata Adams & Reeve, 1848
  • Purpura imperialis Blainville, 1832
  • Purpura kienerii Deshayes, 1844
  • Purpura undata Lamarck, 1822
  • Thais (Thalessa) bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Thais bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Thais kieneri [sic]
  • Thais kienerii (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Thais undata (Lamarck, 1822)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714210 on 2019-01-06
  • Deshayes, G. P., 1841-44 Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et Paléontologie, Pls. 86.
  • 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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