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

Thaisella mariae
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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. mariae
Binomial name
Thaisella mariae
(Morretes, 1954)
Synonyms[1]
  • Thais (Thaisella) mariae Morretes, 1954
  • Thais mariae Morretes, 1954

Description

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The length of the shell attains 27 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Thaisella mariae (Morretes, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574255 on 2019-01-06
  • Lange de Morretes, F. (1954). Nova Thais do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10(2): 339−340
  • Claremont, M., Williams, S. T., Barraclough, T. G. & Reid, D. G. (2011). The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential. Journal of Biogeography. 38, 1016-1032.
  • 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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